HELP WITH DECIPHERING AIRCRAFT RECORD CARD

[ram957]

I could use some help with one of the notations on a WWII Aircraft Record Card...I know that CON is condemned and SOXO is 8th Air Force and the Date is 1/05/44...but what does AFMSE stand for ?....The ship was shot down.

[aznation]

Hi ram957,

 

I believe what you think is AFMSE is actually AFMSC and below is what it stands for.

 

Source: Aircraft Record Cards of the United States Air Force: How to Read the Codes

By Robert A. Mann

https://books.google.com/books?id=3ZwVLrMVXhAC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=aircraft+%22AFMSC%22&source=bl&ots=s6Uu7SUMk6&sig=ACfU3U3aSZKWVhDCqeH5ZROa5mZnic9nmw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjyzf3V-I7hAhUKWq0KHarvCtEQ6AEwBnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22AFMSC%22&f=false

 

 

 

[aznation]

Also, AFMSC stands for "Air Force Office (Manager) of Statistical Control". That's where the loss reason is obtained from Headquarters, USAF.

[ram957]

THANKS !!!