Country Codes:

Country Code Country
ADI Admiralty Islands
ADR Adriatic Sea
AES Allied-Egyptian States or Sudan
AFR Africa [where no distinct location is given or can be located]
AK Alaska 
ALG Algeria
ANT Antigua [Coolidge Fld], BWI
ARB Arabia [referring to the entire Arabian peninsula]
ARG Argentina
ARU Aruba [Dakota Fld], DWI
ASI Ascension Is [Wideawake Fld]
AST Australia
ATL Atlantic Ocean [all LAS a/c for the Atlantic Ocean]
AUS Austria
AZI Azores Islands
BAH Bahrain
BAR Barbados [Sewall Fld], BWI
BCO Belgian Congo
BEL Belgium
BER Bermuda [Kindley Fld]
BGA British Guiana [Atkinson Fld]
BHM Bahamas [Windsor Fld], Nassau
BOL Bolivia
BUR Burma
BWI British West Indies
BZL Brazil
CAM Cambodia
CAN Canada [all provinces-except for Labrador and Newfoundland]
CAR Caribbean area [used when an aircraft was lost at sea (LAS)]
CBI China-Burma-India Theater of Operations [used when an aircraft was, listed MIS (missing in service) often these aircraft were also listed, with an MACR but with no location or country of crash]
CEL Ceylon now Sri Lanka
CHI China [anywhere within continental borders-except Formosa/Taiwan]
CHL English Channel [loss in water or on any of the Channel Islands; all Islands are named or their close proximity in the Location column]
CHS Christmas Island [Casady Fld]
CLE Chile
CNP Central Pacific Ocean
COL Columbia
COR Corsica [only]
COS Costa Rica
CRE Crete [Heraklion Fld]
CUB Cuba
CUR Curacao [Hato Fld], DWI
CZ Canal Zone
CZE Czechoslovakia
DEN Denmark
DMR Dominican Republic
ECU Ecuador [Salinas Apt]
EGY Egypt
ENG England [anywhere on the main island-except Wales, Scotland, Islands]  (Channel Islands will be listed as CHL then look under Location)
ERT Eritrea
EUR Generic for a crash in Europe that the USAAF didn't know where it occurred
FCM Chad
FEA French Equitorial Africa
FGA French Guiana
FIJ Fiji
FMO French Morocco
FOR Formosa
FRA France
FWA French West Africa
GAL Galapagos Islands
GAM Gambia
GDC Gold Coast [or the current day Ghana]
GEI Gilbert & Ellice Islands
GER Germany
GIB Gibraltar
GRE Greece
GRN Greenland
GUA Guatemala
GUD Guadalcanal
GUM Guam and Prov AB #2
HAT Haiti
HEB Hebrides Islands
HOL Holland
ICE Iceland [for all Bases on the Island]
INC Indo-China [usually referred to as Viet Nam]
IND India [which includes the Indian sub continent and East/West Pakistan]
IO Indian Ocean [which included the Bay of Bengal]
IRE Ireland [anywhere on the Island]
IRN Iran
IRQ Iraq
IRS Irish Sea
ITA Italy
IVC Ivory Coast
IWO Iwo Jima
JAM Jamica  includes [Vernam Fld], BWI
JPN Japan
KOR Korea
LAB Labrador
LIB Liberia
LUX Luxembourg
LYB Libya
MAL Malta
MAR Marshall Island
MAU Mauritania
MED Mediterranean Sea [all losses over the water where no coast locater is Given]
MEX Mexico
MTO Mediteranian Theater of Operations
NCD New Caledonia
NEI Netherlands East India
NFD Newfoundland
NGI New Georgia Is
NGU New Guinea
NHB New Hebrides Islands
NIC Nicaragua
NIG Nigeria
NSE North Sea
NZD New Zealand
OKI Okinawa
OMN Oman
PAC Pacific Ocean area [usually used for aircraft being ferried]
PAK Pakistan [probably should be changed]
PAL Palau Island Group
PAN Panama
PAR Paraguay
PER Peru
PHI Philippine Islands
PLT Palestine
POL Poland or Prussia
POR Portugal
PR Puerto Rico
PTO Pacific Theater of Operations
RUS Russia
RYU Ryukyu Islands
SA South American [used for crashes with the ATC and ferrying of aircraft]
SAI Saipan
SAM American Samoa
SAR Sardinia
SCS South China Sea
SCT Scotland
SEN Senegal [Rufisque Apt]
SIC Sicily
SMO Spanish Morocco
SOL Solomon Islands
SPA Spain
SRL Sierra Leone
STC St Croix [British Wet Indies]
STL St Lucia [Beane Fld], BWI
SUD Sudan
SUR Dutch Guiana/Surinam [Zandery Fld]
SWE Sweden
SWI Switzerland
SWP Southwest Pacific area
TAR Hawkins Fld, Tarawa Atoll
THI Hawaii [Territory of Hawaii for 7th AF only]
TIN Tinian Island
TOB Tobago Is, BWI
TRN Trinidad [Waller Fld]
TUN Tunisia
USA United States
VEN Venezuela
VGI Virgin Islands
WAL Wales
YUG Yugoslavia

U.S. States

AL ALABAMA
AK ALASKA
AZ ARIZONA 
AR ARKANSAS
CA CALIFORNIA 
CO COLORADO 
CT CONNECTICUT
DE DELAWARE
DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FL FLORIDA
GA GEORGIA
GU GUAM 
HI HAWAII
ID IDAHO
IL ILLINOIS
IN INDIANA
IA IOWA
KS KANSAS
KY KENTUCKY
LA LOUISIANA
ME MAINE
MD MARYLAND
MA MASSACHUSETTS
MI MICHIGAN
MN MINNESOTA
MS MISSISSIPPI
MO MISSOURI
MT MONTANA
NE NEBRASKA
NV NEVADA
NH NEW HAMPSHIRE
NJ NEW JERSEY
NM NEW MEXICO
NY NEW YORK
NC NORTH CAROLINA
ND NORTH DAKOTA
OH OHIO
OK OKLAHOMA
OR OREGON
PW PALAU
PA PENNSYLVANIA
PR PUERTO RICO
RI RHODE ISLAND
SC SOUTH CAROLINA
SD SOUTH DAKOTA
TN TENNESSEE
TX TEXAS
UT UTAH
VT VERMONT
VA VIRGINIA 
WA WASHINGTON
WV WEST VIRGINIA
WI WISCONSIN
WY WYOMING

 

Action Codes

ACT Action Notes
ACC ACCident-unidentified
ACF Accident due to Fire
BB Bomb Blast
BBDF Bomb Blast Destroyed by Fire
BD Battle Damage
BEX Bailed out due to Explosion
BLAS Bailed out-Lost At Sea
BMAC Bailed out due to Mid Air Collision
BMACEF Bailed out Mid Air Collision due to Engine Failure
BMACW Bailed out Mid Air Collison due to Weather
BO Bail Out
BOCR Bailed Out -CRashed
BODF Bailed Out-Destroyed by Fire
BOEF Bailed Out-Engine Failure
BOEFB Bailed Out Engine Failure due to Bird strike
BOEFW Bailed Out Engine Failure due to Weather
BOEX Bailed Out due to EXplosion
BOF Bailed Out due to Fire
BOFF Bailed Out due to Friendly Fire
BOMAC Bail Out, Mid Air Collision
BOMF Bailed Out due to Mechanical Failure
BOMFW Bailed Out due to Mechanical Failure/ Weather
BOMIS Bailed Out/Missing In Service
BOoG Bailed Out Out of Gas
BOoGW Bailed Out Out of Gas due to Weather
BOSF Bailed Out due to Structural Failure
BOSSP Bailed Out due to Stall/ SPin
BOW Bailed Out due to Weather
C Crash
CBL Crashed Belly Landing
CBLB Crash Belly Landed due to Bird strike
CBLDF Crash Belly Landing Destroyed by Fire
CBLEF Crashed Belly Landing due to Engine Failure or Fire
CBLEFoG Crash Belly Landing Engine Fail Out of Gas
CBLEX Crash Belly Landing due to EXplosion
CBLF Crash Belly Landing Fire
CBLFF Crashed Belly Landing due to Friendly Fire
CBLMAC Crash Belly Landing due to Mid Air Collision
CBLMF Crash Belly Landing due to Mechanical Failure
CBLoG Crash Belly Landing Out of Gas
CBLoGW Crash Belly Landing out of Gas due to Weather
CBLSF Crash Belly Landing due to Struct Failure
CBLTO Crash Belly Landing on Take Off
CBLW Crashed Belly Landing due to Wether
CR CRash [of unknown type]
CRDF CRashed Destroyed by Fire
CREF CRashed due to Engine Failure
CREFTO Crashed due to Engine Failure on Take Off
CREFW Crashed due to Engine Failure due to Weather
CREX Crashed due to Explosion
CREXBB CRashed due to EXplosion due to Bomb Blast
CRF CRashed due to Fire
CRFF Crashed due to Friendly Fire
CRGC CRash Ground Collision Where pilot flew plane into ground or mtn, not due to stall/ spin, 
CRL CRash Landing       fire, structural failure, mid air collision, engine failure, etc
CRLDF CRash Landing Destroyed by Fire
CRLEF CRash Landing Engine Failure
CRLEX CRash Landing EXploded on ground
CRLFF CRash Landing due to Friendly Fire
CRLMF CRash Landing Mechanical Failure
CRLoG CRash Landing Out of Gas
CRLoGW Crash Landing out of Gas due to Weather
CRLSF CRash Landing Struactural Failure
CRLTO Crash Landing on Take Off
CRLW CRash Landing Weather
CRMF CRash due to Mechanical Failure
CRoG CRashed Out of Gas
CRoGW CRash Landing Out of Gas Weather
CRSF CRashed due to Structural Failure
CRT CRashed on Take off CRT would then be when an aircraft cleared the Base perimeter and
CRTDF CRashed on Take off Destroyed Fire         was airborne for some distance before coming down. See TOA
CRTEF CRashed on Take off Engine Failure
CRTEX CRashed on Take off Explosion
CRTF CRashed on Take off due to Fire
CRTMF CRashed on Take off Mechanical Failure
CRToG Crashed on Takeoff out of Gas
CRTW CRashed on Take off Weather
CRW CRashed due to Weather conditions
DF Destroyed by Fire on ground
DFEF Destroyed by Fire due to Engine Fire
DMAC Destroyed due to Mid Air Collision
DTC Ditched
DTCEF Ditched due to Engine Failure
DTCFF Ditched due to Friendly Fire
DTCMF Ditched due to Mechanical Failure
DTCoG Ditched Out of Gas
DTCW Ditched due to weather
EF Engine Failure or Engine Fire
EFDF Engine Failure Destroyed by Fire
EFF Engine Failure & Fire
EX EXplosion
EXCR EXplosion & CRash
EXDF EXplosion Destroyed by Fire
F Fire [used as a suffix]
F Fire
FF Friendly Fire [shoot down]
Fire
FKMF Fire Killed due to Mechanical Failure
FL Forced Landing
FLAC Forced Landing ACcident
FLDF Forced Landing Destroyed by Fire
FLEF Forced Landing due to Engine Failure
FLEFDF Forced Landing due to Engine Failure, Destroyed by Fire
FLEFF Forced Landing [repeat of FLEF ?]
FLEFW Forced Landing due to Engine Failure by Weather
FLEX Forced Landing EXplosion in air
FLF Forced Landing due to Fire in air
FLMAC Forced Landing due to Mid Air Collision
FLMF Forced Landing Mechanical Failure
FLMFoG Forced Landing Mechanical Failure/ Out of Gas
FLoG Forced Landing Out of Gas
FLoGW Forced Landing Out of Gas/Weather
FLSF Forced Landing Structural Failure
FLW Forced Landing due to Weather
GAC Ground ACcident
GACBB Ground Accident due to Bomb Blast
GACDF Ground ACcident, Destroyed by Fire
GACEF Ground ACcident due to Engine Failure
GACEXF Ground ACcident, Explosion & Fire
GACF Ground ACcident Fire
GACFF Ground ACcident due to Friendly Fire
GACW Ground Accident Weather
GACX Ground ACcident due to eXplosion
GDF Ground accident Destroyed by Fire
GEF Ground accident caused by Engine Failure
GEX Ground accident caused by EXplosion
GEXDF Ground accident caused by Explosion Destroyed by Fire
GEXF Ground Explosion and Fire
GF Ground Accident Fire
GL Ground Looped
GLDF Ground Loop Destroy by Fire
GLEF Ground Loop due to Engine Failure
GLEFTO Ground Looped due to Engine Failure on Take Off
GLEFX Ground Looped due to Engine Failure, eXplosion
GLF Ground Loop due to Fire
GLMF Ground Loop Mechanical Failure
GLTO Ground Looped on Take Off
GLTOA Ground Looped on Take Off Accident
GLW Ground Looped due to Weather
GLX Ground Looped due to Explosion
GMAC Ground Collision
GMACTO Ground Mid Air Collision on Take Off
GMF Ground accident due to Mechanical failure
INT INTerned
KBMAC Killed Bailing out due to Mid Air Collsion
KBO Killed, Bail Out
KBOEF Killed, Bail Out due to Engine Failure
KBOF Killed while Bailing Out due to Fire
KBOMAC [same as above]
KBOoG Killed, Bail Out out of Gas
KBOSF Killed while Bailing Out due to Structural Failure
KCBL Killed, Crash Belly Landing
KCBLEF Killed, Crash Belly Landing Engine Failure
KCR Killed in a CRash
KCRBB Killed in a CRash due to Bomb Blast
KCRDF Killed in a CRash Destroyed by Fire
KCREF Killed in CRash due to Engine Failure
KCREX Killed in CRash due to EXplosion
KCRF Killed in CRash due to onboard Fire
KCRFF Killed in a Crash, Friendly Fire [shoot down]
KCRGC Killed in Crash Ground Collision See note on CRGC
KCRL Killed in CRash Landing
KCRLDF Killed in Crash Landing Destroyed by Fire
KCRLEF Killed in CRash Landing Engine Failure
KCRLF Killed in CRash Landing due to Fire
KCRLog Killed in CRash Landing out of Gas
KCRLW Killed in CRash Landing due to Weather
KCRMF Killed in CRash Mechanical Failure
KCRMR Killed in a CRash due to Mechanical or Material Failure
KCRog Killed in CRash out of Gas
KCRSF Killed in a CRash due to structural failure
KCRT Killed, CRashed on Take off
KCRTDF Killed in Crash on Take Off Destroyed by Fire
KCRTEF Killed CRash on Take off Eng Failure
KCRTEX Killed CRash on Take off EXplosion
KCRTMF Killed, CRashed on Take off Mechanical Failure
KCRTX Killed CRash on Take off EXplosion
KCRW Killed in a CRash due to Weather
KCRX Killed in CRash due to eXplosion
KDEF Killed-Destroyed due to Engine Failure
KDF Killed aircraft Destroyed by Fire
KDFF Killed Destroyed by Friendly Fire
KDTC Killed in Ditching the aircraft
KDTCFF Killed while Ditching due to Friendly Fire
KEF Killed due to Engine Failure
KEFW Killed due to Engine Failure/Weather
KEX Killed due to EXplosion
KEXFF Killed EXplosion due to Friendly Fire
KEXMF Killed due to Explosion due to Mechanical Failure
KEXSF Killed EXplosion due to Struct Failure
KFCR Killed due to in air Fire-Crashed
KFL Killed in a Forced Landing
KFLEF Killed in a Foreced Landing Engine Failure
KFLEX Killed in a Forced Landing EXplosion
KFLoG Killed in a Forced Landing out of Gas
KGAC Killed, Ground ACcident
KGEX Killed in Ground Explosion
KLAC Killed, Landing ACcident
KLACEF Killed in a Landing Accidnet due to Engine Failure
KLACoG Killed in a Landing Accident out of Gas
KLAS Killed, Lost At Sea
KLEX Killed, Lost due to EXplosion
KMAC Killed, Mid Air Collision
KMACB Killed due to a Mid Air Collision with a Bird
KMACTO Killed, Mid Air Collision on Take Off