qv = also in Glossary
O
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Oboe
WW2 RAF radar navigation aid -
OC
Officer Commanding -
OCU
Operational Conversion Unit -
Operation Crossbow
Attacks against V-weapon targets (1943-1944) -
Operation Exodus
Repatriation of former Allied prisoners of war to home airfields at end of WW2 -
Operation Gisela
Enemy name for a large intruder raid upon airfields in eastern England on night of 3/4 March 1945 -
Operation Manna
Dropping of food to starving Dutch population (April/May 1945) -
Operation Market
Airborne invasion of Arnhem and other Netherlands targets (September 1944) -
Operation Starkey
Intentionally false invasion of Pas de Calais area (August/September 1943) -
Operation Varsity
Airborne invasion over River Rhine (March 1945) -
Operations block
Building to control and oversee flying operations -
OPMAC
Operation Military Aid to the Community -
Ops
Operations -
ORB
Operations Record Book (detailing military unit activities) -
Orlit Hut
WW2 airfield support building -
ORP
Operational Readiness Platform (platform alongside or to close to runway for rapid deployment of military aircraft) -
OS
Ordnance Survey -
OTU
Operational Training Unit