Royal Caledon Air Force (RCAF)
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So it looks like our first campaign will be the Battle of Britain...
It might be time to start a list of RAF slang ;-)
Bag (verb) to shoot down. From game shooting.
Balbo, A A large formation of aircraft.
Bale out To take to one's parachute.
Bang on A direct hit. Generalised to ‘exactly right’, ‘spot on’.
Bind, A People who obstruct one.
Black, A Something badly done, a "bad show".
Blitz, A solid lump of Large formation of enemy aircraft.
Blonde job, A Young woman with fair hair.
Bogus Sham, spurious.
Bomphleteers Airmen engaged on the early pamphlet raids.
Bought it Died
Brassed off Diminutive of "browned off".
Brolly Parachute.
Brown Job, A Army, soldier
Browned off, To be "Fed up".
Bumps and Circuits Circuits and landings.
Bus driver A bomber pilot.
Buster! R/T instruction for full power
Buttoned up A job properly completed, "mastered".
Completely Cheesed No hope at all.
Cope To accomplish, to deal with.
Crabbing along Flying near the ground or water.
Deck, Crack down on To "pancake" an aircraft.
Dog fight Aerial scrap.
Drill, The right Correct method of doing anything.
Drink, In the To come down into the sea.
Dud Applied to weather when unfit to fly.
Duff gen. Dud information.
Dust bin Rear gunner's lower position in aircraft.
Erk, An A beginner in any job.
Fan The propeller.
Flak Anti-aircraft fire.
Flap A disturbance, general excitement.
Fox, To To do something clever or rather cunning.
Gen. (pron. jen) General information of any kind whatever.
George The automatic pilot.
Get Cracking Get going.
Go through the Gate Full throttle. The ‘gate’ was a wire across the top of throttle quadrant which was broken when the throttle lever was advanced to emergency power
Gone for a Burton Died, crashed, destroyed. Gone for a beer (Burton’s Ale).
Gong, To collect a To get a medal.
Good show Excellent! Well done! –A ‘show’ was slang for a sortie or operation – Cf. Pierre Clostermann’s ‘Big Show’. Also bad show, poor show, damn good show, bloody good show.
Greenhouse Cockpit cover.
Hedge-hopping Flying so low that the aircraft appears to hop over the hedges.
Hurryback A Hurricane fighter.
Jink away Sharp manoeuvre. Sudden evasive action of aircraft.
Kipper Kite Coastal Command Aircraft which convoy fishing fleets in the North and Irish Seas.
Kite An aeroplane.
Laid on, To have To produce anything, such as supplies.
Mae West Life-saving stole, or waistcoat, inflated if wearer falls into sea.
Mickey Mouse Bomb-dropping mechanism.
Muscle in To take advantage of a good thing.
Office Cockpit of aircraft.
Organize To "win" a wanted article.
Pack up Cease to function.
Pancake To land, especially an emergency landing
Peel off, To Break formation to engage enemy.
Play pussy Hide in the clouds.
Pleep A squeak, rather like a high note klaxon.
Plug away Continue to fire. Keep after target.
Prang A crash landing
Pukka gen. Accurate information.
Get (pull) your finger out! Wake up! Snap to it! Use your head!
Pulpit Cockpit of aircraft.
Quick squirt Short sharp burst of machine-gun fire.
Quickie Short for above.
Ramrod Bomber Escort mission
Rang the bell Got good results.
Rhubarb Strafing Sweep by a few aircraft.
Rings Rank designation on officer's cuffs.
Ropey Uncomplimentary adjective. "A ropey landing", "A ropey type", "A ropey evening", etc.
Scramble Take off as quickly as possible
Screamed downhill Executed a power dive.
Shooting a line Exaggerated talk, generally about one's own prowess.
Shot Down in Flames Crossed in love. Severe reprimand.
Snake about Operational aerobatics.
Spun in A bad mistake. Analogy from an aircraftspinning out of control into the ground.
Stationmaster Commanding Officer of Station.
Stooge Deputy, i.e. second pilot or any assistant.
Stooging about Delayed landing for various reasons. Flying slowly over an area. Patrolling.
Synthetic Not the real thing. Also applied to ground training.
Tail End Charlie Rear gunner in large bombing aircraft or rear aircraft of a formation.
Tally Ho Enemy sighted – attacking. The shout on seeing a fox when hunting.
Tear off a strip To reprimand, take down a peg.
Tee up To prepare a job, to get ready.
Touch bottom Crash.
Toys A great deal of training equipment is termed toys.
Train, Driving the Leading more than one squadron into battle.
Type Classification - usually referring to people. Good, Bad, Ropey, Poor type.
View R.A.F. personnel always take a "view" of things. Good view, Poor view, Dim view, Long distance view, Lean view, Outside view, "Ropey" view.
Wizard Really first class, superlative, attractive, ingenious.
It might be time to start a list of RAF slang ;-)
Bag (verb) to shoot down. From game shooting.
Balbo, A A large formation of aircraft.
Bale out To take to one's parachute.
Bang on A direct hit. Generalised to ‘exactly right’, ‘spot on’.
Bind, A People who obstruct one.
Black, A Something badly done, a "bad show".
Blitz, A solid lump of Large formation of enemy aircraft.
Blonde job, A Young woman with fair hair.
Bogus Sham, spurious.
Bomphleteers Airmen engaged on the early pamphlet raids.
Bought it Died
Brassed off Diminutive of "browned off".
Brolly Parachute.
Brown Job, A Army, soldier
Browned off, To be "Fed up".
Bumps and Circuits Circuits and landings.
Bus driver A bomber pilot.
Buster! R/T instruction for full power
Buttoned up A job properly completed, "mastered".
Completely Cheesed No hope at all.
Cope To accomplish, to deal with.
Crabbing along Flying near the ground or water.
Deck, Crack down on To "pancake" an aircraft.
Dog fight Aerial scrap.
Drill, The right Correct method of doing anything.
Drink, In the To come down into the sea.
Dud Applied to weather when unfit to fly.
Duff gen. Dud information.
Dust bin Rear gunner's lower position in aircraft.
Erk, An A beginner in any job.
Fan The propeller.
Flak Anti-aircraft fire.
Flap A disturbance, general excitement.
Fox, To To do something clever or rather cunning.
Gen. (pron. jen) General information of any kind whatever.
George The automatic pilot.
Get Cracking Get going.
Go through the Gate Full throttle. The ‘gate’ was a wire across the top of throttle quadrant which was broken when the throttle lever was advanced to emergency power
Gone for a Burton Died, crashed, destroyed. Gone for a beer (Burton’s Ale).
Gong, To collect a To get a medal.
Good show Excellent! Well done! –A ‘show’ was slang for a sortie or operation – Cf. Pierre Clostermann’s ‘Big Show’. Also bad show, poor show, damn good show, bloody good show.
Greenhouse Cockpit cover.
Hedge-hopping Flying so low that the aircraft appears to hop over the hedges.
Hurryback A Hurricane fighter.
Jink away Sharp manoeuvre. Sudden evasive action of aircraft.
Kipper Kite Coastal Command Aircraft which convoy fishing fleets in the North and Irish Seas.
Kite An aeroplane.
Laid on, To have To produce anything, such as supplies.
Mae West Life-saving stole, or waistcoat, inflated if wearer falls into sea.
Mickey Mouse Bomb-dropping mechanism.
Muscle in To take advantage of a good thing.
Office Cockpit of aircraft.
Organize To "win" a wanted article.
Pack up Cease to function.
Pancake To land, especially an emergency landing
Peel off, To Break formation to engage enemy.
Play pussy Hide in the clouds.
Pleep A squeak, rather like a high note klaxon.
Plug away Continue to fire. Keep after target.
Prang A crash landing
Pukka gen. Accurate information.
Get (pull) your finger out! Wake up! Snap to it! Use your head!
Pulpit Cockpit of aircraft.
Quick squirt Short sharp burst of machine-gun fire.
Quickie Short for above.
Ramrod Bomber Escort mission
Rang the bell Got good results.
Rhubarb Strafing Sweep by a few aircraft.
Rings Rank designation on officer's cuffs.
Ropey Uncomplimentary adjective. "A ropey landing", "A ropey type", "A ropey evening", etc.
Scramble Take off as quickly as possible
Screamed downhill Executed a power dive.
Shooting a line Exaggerated talk, generally about one's own prowess.
Shot Down in Flames Crossed in love. Severe reprimand.
Snake about Operational aerobatics.
Spun in A bad mistake. Analogy from an aircraftspinning out of control into the ground.
Stationmaster Commanding Officer of Station.
Stooge Deputy, i.e. second pilot or any assistant.
Stooging about Delayed landing for various reasons. Flying slowly over an area. Patrolling.
Synthetic Not the real thing. Also applied to ground training.
Tail End Charlie Rear gunner in large bombing aircraft or rear aircraft of a formation.
Tally Ho Enemy sighted – attacking. The shout on seeing a fox when hunting.
Tear off a strip To reprimand, take down a peg.
Tee up To prepare a job, to get ready.
Touch bottom Crash.
Toys A great deal of training equipment is termed toys.
Train, Driving the Leading more than one squadron into battle.
Type Classification - usually referring to people. Good, Bad, Ropey, Poor type.
View R.A.F. personnel always take a "view" of things. Good view, Poor view, Dim view, Long distance view, Lean view, Outside view, "Ropey" view.
Wizard Really first class, superlative, attractive, ingenious.
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The Royal Caledon Air Force, also known as the RCAF or Connolly's Crazies, is headquartered at the Connolly Aerodrome in Caledon Penzance.
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