German-English Terminology Manual

[warbirdfinder]

I am looking for the "Manual of German Air Force Terminology, German-English". It was published by the Air Ministry during WW II. I have Part 1, but I need the other sections or volumes. Would anyone have an idea where to look or where I could purchase this manual?
Thanks.

[Peter D Evans]

Hi there...

I bought a ring bound photocopy of what appears to be something similar off Ebay a few years back. My copy is split into the following:

Manual of German Air Force Terminology
German-English
Compiled by Air Ministry, A.1.12

• Part I - Administrative & general Terms
• Part II - Aeronautical Terms
• Part III - Signals, Radar & Electrical Terms
• Part IV - Flak Terms
• Part V - Motor Transport Terms with Appendix of M/T Abbreviations
• Part VI - Abbreviations

There is a sellers sticker inside the cover and they were called PlaneOldStuff from Utah... If you'd like the full address, PM me and I can pass it on...

Cheers

Peter D Evans
LEMB Administrator

[Adam]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but Peter if you have the abbreviations, can you see if Faut and Arta are listed in there (as part of equipment that would have been found aboard Ar 196s...). I assume they are abbreviations..

TIA

[Peter D Evans]

Not a problem Adam.. unfortunately there is nothing that remotely matches the two terms above. Out of interest, are they used together, or separate terms and from where about inside an Ar196 are they taken from?

Cheers

Peter D Evans
LEMB Administrator

[Bruce Dennis]

There is a British Intelligence book at PRO and the National Maritime Museum on German-English Naval Terminology, so on a hunch I searched the PRO online catalogue for 'technical terms', year range 1939-1945. Among the hits was:

HW 5/7251. "BROWN" translations: English equivalents of German technical terms 2. German military abbreviationsUndated / 1943 Mar

HW series is from GC&CS, series 5 is German Section and mostly intercepts/decrypts. 'BROWN' was a cover name for a German cypher, in this case the one used for 'Beam Bomber' communication, so it will contain LW terms. Other searches might provide better hits. The catalogue is at:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/search.asp

Hope this helps,

Bruce

[Adam]

Thanks Peter,

They were part of an equipment list for the 196 aboard Karlsruhe. They were thrown overboard by the crew during a sortie on 9.4 when they became lost and looked liked the were going to be captured.

Adam

[Chris Goss]

I have a copy but as far as I remember, it has not been re-published since the war

[Andy Saunders]

There is a "Vocabulary of German Military Terms & Abbreviations (Revised to 1942)" by HMSO with reference SO 57-338-0-42.

Also:

"Manual of German Air Force Terminology (German-English) Part 1, Admin & General Terms" Compiled by Air Ministry AI 12.

The latter has been reprinted, but I dont know who by.

[Ian Jewison]

Amazon have a reprinted version, new and used for sale at the moment:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_...ce+Terminology

Abebooks has a list to many dealers that have the reprint also:

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sear...nology&x=0&y=0

I have an original copy, a bit battered now! However it has been excellent for Luftwaffe terms, abbreviations etc.

/Ian

[Nick Beale]

I have "German Military Dictionary" published by Lancer Militaria, P.O. Box 886, Mt. Ida, Arkansa 71957, USA. (ISBN 0-935856-06-4)

It's reproduction of a book published by the US War Department in 1944.

I bought it in 1990 (price $16.95) so I guess it might be hard to find now.