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    Brevity Codes

    Aloft ........................... Reach Maximum operational height
    Anchor ....................... Orbit at a visible fixed point
    Ark ............................. Airborne life boat
    Bandit ........................ Hostile aircraft
    Base .......................... Home airfield
    Bent ........................... Unserviceable
    Bogey ........................ Unidentified aircraft
    Blanket ...................... Clouds in 8
    Boxcars ..................... Heavy bombers
    Buster ........................ Fly at maximum continuous speed
    Catseye ...................... Visual interception at night
    Chickens .................... Friendly fighters
    Contact ....................... Have sighted echo of target on my A/I scope
    Dumbo ........................ Amphibious aircraft
    Eagle .......................... Medium bombers
    Few ............................. 2 to 10 aircrafts
    Gate ............................ Fly at maximum possible speed
    Grandslam .................. All enemy aircraft shot down
    Hey Rube .................... I need support, come to my assistance
    Judy ............................ Need no more further guidance for the present
    Level ........................... At enemy's altitude
    Many ........................... 11 or more aircraft
    Mattress ...................... Below clouds
    May Day ...................... Distress call
    Midnight ...................... Change from closed to broadcast control
    Mother ......................... Airfield radar homing beacon
    Mug ............................. External fuel tank
    Murder ......................... I have shot down target
    My pos ........................ Where am I ?
    No joy .......................... Can't see target assigned to me
    Off ................................ I am ceasing to listen to this frequency
    Oranges sour .............. Weather is unsuitable for mission
    Orbit ............................ Circle in direction indicated and search
    Out ............................... Listening out to this frequency and no reply is expected
    Over ............................. End of my transmission, a reply is expected
    Pancake ....................... Land at base
    Pancake ammo ............ Aircraft to base - Short of ammo
    Pancake fuel ................ Return to base - Short of fuel
    Pancake hurt ................ Returning wounded/damaged, wish to land
    Pigeons ........................ Magnetic bearing & distance in nautical miles to base
    Pillow ............................ Visibility in miles
    Pop-eye ........................ I am in clouds
    Punch ........................... I should very soon obtain an A/I contact on target
    Quilt .............................. I am above clouds
    Skunk ............................ Enemy or unidentified surface crafts
    Sour .............................. Equipment indicated is operating at reduced efficiency
    Tally Ho ........................ Target sighted
    Vector ............................ Alter heading

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    These are the American ones aren't they? I know the majority were used by the RAF but Grandslam is deffo an American one, taken from the baseball term for a homerun hit with the bases loaded... (mine of useless info, ain't I?)
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    "OH OOOOHH oOOHHHHHHHOOHHHHHHH FILL ME WITH YOUR.... eeww not the stuff from the lab"

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    dunno just found em on the interweb

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    Good them Hat

    nice find m8

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    we've been using 'em today... much to the mirth of other players!
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