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Post by tbf2504 on Oct 16, 2021 14:58:16 GMT 12
I am currently building several wartime central solomon islands airfields for FSX (Steam Edition) and need to find the codenames for several airfields i.e Henderson was "Cactus"
Green Island "Bleacher" I did have a 1944 air pilot for the area which detailed those names, but gave it to a museum. Can anyone help?
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Post by aircraftclocks on Oct 16, 2021 19:38:25 GMT 12
I have a file that gives the following codes (I think I got them from a USN document)
ABRAHAM Ennugarret Is, Kwajalein Atoll
ACCUMULATION Leyte Is, PI
ACEPIECE Ngesebus Is, Palau Is
ACID Efate Is, New Herbrides Is (aka roses, suxe, truculence)
ACIDITY Gavutu Is, Solomon Is (connected to Tanambogo by causeway) (aka HEMLOCK) "U2"
ALBERT Ennumennet Is, Kwajalein Atoll
ALLEN Ennubirr Is, Kwajalein Atoll
ALMOND Tanambogo Is, Solomon Is (connected to Gavutu Is by a causeway) "Bogo"
AMNESIA Attu Is, Aleutian Is, Alaska (aka cornerstone, jackboot)
AMPERSAND Espiritu Santo Is, New Hebrides Is (aka BUTTON, EBON) (often misspelled "Espiritu Santos" in Marine documents) "Santo"
ANACONDA Truk Atoll, Caroline Is
ANDREW Obella Is, Kwajalein Atoll
APERIENT New Georgia Is, New Georgia Group, Solomon Is (aka Celery)
APRICOT Ndeni Is, Stanta Cruz Is (aka Bricabrac)
ARABIC New Britain Is, Bismarck Archipelago
ARTERIAL Western Caroline Is (Palau, Ulithi, Yap)
ARTHRITIS Solomon Is (aka SUSAN, ward)
ASH Vella Lavella Is, New Georgia Group, Solomon Is (aka dogeared)
ATOM Wallis Is (aka Uvea Is, often misspelled Uae) (aka lameduck) (see STRAWBOARD)
BALSA Midway Is (aka backbiter, verb; balsa during the battle) (Japanese code name was "AF")
BEEFSTEAK Emirau Is, Saint Matthias Group, Bismarck Archipelago
BEQUEST Yap Is, Caroline Is (aka vocalist)
BEVY Guadalcanal Is, Solomon Is (aka mainyard, dogwood) "Guadal," "The Canal"
BLISSFUL Choiseul Is, Solomon Is
BOBCAT Borabora Is, Society Is (aka blueberry, cromlech) (also spelled Bora Bora) Also the designation of the Borabora constrution force (USN).
BOXCLOTH Apamama Is, Gilbert Is (Apamama was used in most documents; its official spelling is Abemama) (aka bumpkin)
BRUSH Palmyra Is, Line Is
BULLY Marshall Is
BUNKHOUSE Ryukyu Is (aka Ryukyu Retto, Nansai Shoto [Southwestern Is])
BURLESQUE Roi Is, Kwajalein Atoll (connected to Namur Is) (aka custom)
BYPRODUCT Kiriwina Is, Trobriand Is
CACTUS Guadalcanal-Tulagi Is, Solomon Is
CADDIE Milli Atoll, Marshall Is (aka locksman)
CAMELLIA Aitsu Is, Eniwetok Atoll
CAMOUFLAGE Namur Is, Kwajalein Atoll (connected to Roi Is) (aka emblem)
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Post by tbf2504 on Oct 17, 2021 8:11:08 GMT 12
thanks for that. I have "Blondie" in the back of my mind as one of the airfields (maybe Munda?)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 17, 2021 18:34:03 GMT 12
Correct, and Dagwood was another. I have seen them as call signs in movement orders for RNZAF aircraft.
I have seen a massive list of these code names somewhere but I am trying to recall where.
Others are:
Espiritu Santo was code named Button by the US Navy but was universally known by the Kiwis as Buttons, plural.
Roses was the codename for Port Vila.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 17, 2021 18:41:23 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 17, 2021 18:53:39 GMT 12
I love reading that list of code words.
Auckland had several code names, my favourite being FULCRUM. Others being HERMIT and YELP, haha.
Wellington was code named KEYRING, LONGBOW, and hilariously JERK.
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Post by davidd on Oct 18, 2021 16:53:30 GMT 12
The only real trouble with that US Navy list of code-names is that it does NOT include ANY information as to the actual relevant dates of use of these codewords, nor the intended user of such codewords. I know that some were intended purely for the purpose of destination codes (mainly for shipping, but air travel may also have used them). I am fairly certain that different parts of the military had their own codes, which may explain fact that large numbers of locations had multiple codes assigned to them. There could also have been cases where there was wholesale cancellation of groups of codes, and replacement by new codes as a security measure. Others may have been assigned as tactical code names for a specific operation, after completion of which all codes might be cancelled.
David D
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Post by tbf2504 on Oct 19, 2021 12:38:07 GMT 12
Your summation of the US Navy list is correct David. Even in modern times when I was in the mob, codenames for some exercises/operations changed during the course of planing and execution.
If you look at that US Navy list and the number of different codenames for NZ Locations there are some crackers NZ="JERK" for example!
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Post by 30sqnatc on Oct 19, 2021 13:37:21 GMT 12
These days we would just claim a computer randomly generated the nickname but in 1940s someone had a sense of humour or a grudge.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 19, 2021 14:02:29 GMT 12
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Post by pjw4118 on Oct 24, 2021 15:54:37 GMT 12
Thats a good find Dave , another file to add to my "lists" cabinet.
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