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Target Code
These codes defined the type of target and its catalogue number in the index. They were made up of three elements:-
Country/Area Code; Group Number; Unique Reference within Country/Type.
So, for a British Target an example would be GB 10 17 (GB = Great Britain, 10 = Airfield, 17 = Biggin Hill).
Other country prefixes include:
ADN = Aden/Aden Protectorate; example ADN 10 42 (10 = Flugplatz/Airfield 42 = Aden-See)[1]
AF = Afghanistan; example AF 10 2 (10 = Flugplatz/Airfield 2 = Kandahar)[2]
AR = Saudi Arabia/Yemen; example AR 10 9 (10 = Flugplatz/Airfield 9 = Medina)[3]
ET = Egypt; example ET 10 161 (10 = Flugplatz/Airfield 161 = Abar el Afan)
FA = French (North) Africa; example FA 10 395 (10 = Flugplatz/Airfield 395 = Sedrata, Algeria); a further example would be FA 10 490 (10 = Flugplatz/Airfield 490 = Amara, Tunisia)
FR = France, see Target Codes page for a link to a listing of French airfield codes.
IA = Italian Africa; example IA 10 7 (10 = Flugplatz/Airfield 7 = Ain El Gazala - West)
IR = Iran; example IR 10 29 (10 = Flugplatz/Airfield 29 = Teheran-Mirabad)[4]
IRQ = Iraq; example IRQ 10 25 (10 = Flugplatz/Airfield 25 = Rumadi I)[5]
KOW = Kuwait, Persian Gulf and East Arabian Coast; example IRQ 10 24 (10 = Flugplatz/Airfield 24 = Doha)[6]
SO = Rumania (?); example SO 10 245 (10 = Flugplatz/Airfield 245 = Constanza); a further example would be SO 40 219 (40 = Bahnhof/Railway Station 219 = Campina.
SU = Soviet Russia; example SU 10 14092 (10 = Flugplatz/Airfield 14092 = Kaki); a further example would be SU 41 14 (41 = Eisenbahnbrüche/Railway Bridge 14 = Kalinin, over the Wolga/Volga River).
Group Numbers
| Number | Description |
| 10 | Airfields |
| 11 | Prepared AA positions; Balloon Barrages |
| 12 | Naval Bases, Fleet Anchorages and fortified berths |
| 13 | Barracks, Command Posts, Training Centres |
| 14 | Army Training Centres |
| 15 | Military Radio Stations |
| 16 | Fortified Installations and Coastal Defences |
| 17 | RDF Stations |
| 20 | Air Force Supply and Equipment Centres |
| 21 | Fuel Depots/Dumps |
| 22 | Ammunition Dumps |
| 23 | Army and Navy Stores |
| 25 | Barrage Balloon Stations and Specialist Military Camps |
| 40 | Railway Stations; Loading Platforms; Railway Workshops |
| 41 | Railway Bridges, Tunnels and Junctions |
| 43 | Road Bridges and Tunnels |
| 45 | Ports/Dockyards |
| 46 | Inland Canals |
| 48 | Telephone and Teleprinter Cable Conduits |
| 49 | Radio Stations |
| 50 | Power Stations and Power Station Dams |
| 51 | Transfer Works of the Electricity Network |
| 52 | Gas Works and Gas Supply installations |
| 53 | Water Works, Pumping Stations, Reservoirs and Dams |
| 54 | Drainage Systems and Purification Plants |
| 56 | Silos, Warehouses, Large Flour Mills, Sugar Factories, Granaries and Distilleries. |
| 60 | Collieries |
| 61 | Coke Plants, By-Product Production (Tar, Synthetic Fuel etc) |
| 62 | Chemical Works |
| 63 | Explosive Factories |
| 64 | Celluloid, Paper, Artificial Silk, Synthetic Textiles, Textile Factories. |
| 65 | Petrolium Refineries, Petrol (Oil?) Storage Tanks |
| 66 | Smelting Works for Calcium Carbide, Ferrous Alloys, Acetylene, Balloon Material and Rubber Tyre Factories. |
| 67 | Synthetic Materials, insullation materials. |
| 68 | Gas Protection, Smoke Screen Installations |
| 70 | Iron: Iron Works, Blast Furnaces, Steel and Refined Steel Works, Rolling Mills. |
| 71 | Non-Ferrous Metals: Ore Works, Metal Furnaces, Rolling Mills. |
| 73 | Aero-Engine Factories |
| 74 | Factories for Aircraft (airframe), Propellors, tail units and landing gear. |
| 76 | Explosives and Munitions Factories |
| 78 | Arms Factories |
| 80 | Tank, Truck and Carburettor Factories |
| 82 | Machine and Machine Toll factories |
| 83 | Shipyards |
| 84 | Electrical Engineering Plants |
| 85 | Optical and Instrument Makers |
| 94 | Coastal Convoy Routes (Mining Targets) |
| 95 | Navigable Waterways (Mining Targets) |
| 96 | Radar (RDF) Stations |
| 99 | Lesser Towns (as Targets without specific aiming points) |