mpjbrennan Posted 28 December , 2008 Share Posted 28 December , 2008 My grandfather's flying log has recently surfaced; he was an observer in RE 8's and I need help deciphering the following entries which appear regularly: NF Patrol ANF Patrol Contact Patrol MQNF Patrol Shoot ANF Shoot Any info would be gratefully received. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Roberts Posted 30 December , 2008 Share Posted 30 December , 2008 Patrick Contact Patrol was a mission where they co-operated with the infantry, by maintaining "contact" with them, reporting the whereabouts of the infantry to HQ, possibly providing supporting fire with their machine guns. Towards the end of the war contact may have been by wireless telegraph; before that it was a question of dropping messages or occassionally using loudhailers. "Shoot" refered to an artillery co-op mission, where they literally controlled the fire "shooting" of the guns by wireless messages giving corrections onto the target, sometimes actually identifying the targets themselves. But I can't think what the abbreviations could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 30 December , 2008 Share Posted 30 December , 2008 Patrick I think that NF is Neutralisation Fire, ie directing artillery fire onto targets to 'neutralise' them. There must have been different forms of such patrols. Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpjbrennan Posted 30 December , 2008 Author Share Posted 30 December , 2008 Many thanks Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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