Abbreviations
| AAC | Army Air Corps |
| AACU | Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit |
| AAP | Aircraft Acceptance Park |
| A/C | Aircraft |
| ADA | Aircraft Disposal Account |
| ADAF | Abu Dhabi Air Force |
| ADM | Armada De Mexico (Mexican Navy) |
| AdlA | Armee de l'Air (French Air Force) |
| ADU | Aircraft Delivery Unit |
| AEF | Air Experience Flight |
| AF | Air Force |
| AFS | Advanced Flying School |
| AFZ | Air Force of Zimbabwe |
| AGS | Air Gunnery School |
| AGT | Airwork and General Trading |
| ALAT | Aviation Legere de L'Armee de Terre (French Army) |
| AlbAF | Forcat Ashtarake Ajore Shgipetare (Albanian Air Force) |
| AMARC | Aircraft Maintenance And Regeneration Centre |
| AMI | Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force) |
| ANGK LAUT | Indonesian Navy |
| ANS | Air Navigation School |
| AREAF | Arab Republic of Egypt Air Force (Egyptian Air Force) |
| ASS | Air Signals School |
| AST | Air Service Training |
| ASU | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| ATC | Air Training Corps |
| ATFERO | Atlantic Ferry Organisation |
| AusAF | Osterreichische Luftstreitkrafte (Austrian Air Force) |
| aw/cn | Awaiting collection |
| BAF | Belgian Armed Forces |
| BAAF | Bahrain Amiri Air Force |
| BAH | British Aviation Heritage |
| BATF | Beam/Blind Approach Training Flight |
| BCAM | Bomber County Aviation Museum |
| BCBS | Bomber Command Bombing School |
| BDF | Botswana Defence Force |
| BDRT | Battle Damage Repair Training |
| BDTF | Bomber Defence Training Flight |
| BEA | British European Airways |
| BFAF | Burkina Faso Air Force |
| BFTS | Basic Flying Training School |
| BGS | Bomber & Gunnery School |
| b/u | Broken up |
| BulAF | Bulgarian Air Force |
| BVAC | Blyth Valley Aviation Collection |
| (C) | Cockpit section |
| CANA | Argentine Naval Aviation |
| Canx | Cancelled |
| Cat | Category (for damage) |
| Cat.1 | Repairable on-site by unit |
| Cat.2 | Repairable on-site by unit/operating organisation |
| Cat.3 | Repairable on-site by repair organisation |
| Cat.4 | Repairable, but off-site at depth repair facility |
| Cat.5 | Beyond economical repair |
| CCCPAF | Russian Air Force |
| CF | Communication Flight |
| CF | Conversion Flight |
| CF | Canadian Forces |
| CFS | Central Flying School |
| CGS | Central Gliding School |
| CGS | Central Gunnery School |
| (C)OTU | (Coastal) Operational Training Unit |
| CRO | Civilian Repair Organisation |
| CRP | Contractor's Repair Party |
| CS(A) | Controller of Supply (Aircraft) |
| CSP | Capability Sustainment Programme |
| CzAF | Czech Air Force |
| d/d | delivery date |
| DAW | Dubai Air Wing |
| DCAE | Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering |
| DBF | Destroyed by Fire |
| DBR | Damaged Beyond Repair |
| DDRAF | East German Air Force |
| DERA | Defence Evaluation and Research Agency |
| DOSAAF | Soviet youth military training organisation |
| DSAE | Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering |
| DSEME | Defence School of Electro-Mechanical Engineering |
| DSMarE | Defence School of Marine Engineering |
| EAAS | Empire Air Armament School |
| EATS | Empire Air Training Scheme |
| ECFS | Empire Central Flying School |
| EdA | Ejercito del Aire (Spanish Air Force) |
| EE | English Electric |
| E/F | Engine Failure |
| EFTS | Elementary Flying Training School |
| E&RFTS | Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School |
| ETPS | Empire Test Pilots School |
| ETS | Engineering Training School |
| (F) | Fuselage |
| FA | Flying Accident |
| FAA | Fleet Air Arm |
| FAAM | Fleet Air Arm Museum |
| FAAr | Fuerza Aerea Argentina (Argentinian Air Force) |
| FAB | Fuerza Aerea Boliviana (Bolivian Air Force) |
| FAC | Colombian Air Force |
| FACh | Fuerza Aerea de Chile (Chilean Air Force) |
| FAP | Força Aerea Portuguesa (Portuguese Air Force) |
| FAR | Fortele Aeriene Romane (Romanian Air Force) |
| FARC | Force Aeriene Royale Cambodge (Cambodian Air Force) |
| FB | Flying Battle |
| FBSU | Flying Boat Servicing Unit |
| FEAF | Far East Air Force |
| f/f | first flight |
| Finn AF | Finnish Air Force |
| FIS | Fighter Instructors School |
| F/L | Forced Landing |
| FN | French Navy |
| FRU | Fleet Requirement Unit |
| FTFlt | Ferry Training Flight |
| FTS | Flying Training School |
| FTU | Ferry Training Unit |
| G.I. | Ground Instruction |
| GAF | Luftwaffe (German Air Force) |
| GAL | General Aircraft Limited |
| GDSH | Gazelle Depth Support Hub |
| GhAF | Ghana Air Force |
| GN | Marineflieger (German Navy) |
| GR | General Reconnaissance |
| GSU | Group (or Ground) Support Unit |
| h/o | handed over |
| HAF | Hellenic (Greek) Air Force |
| HCU | Heavy Conversion Unit |
| Heer | Heeresflieger (German Army) |
| HGCU | Heavy Glider Conversion Unit |
| HKGAF | Hong Kong Government Air Force |
| HSA | Hawker Siddeley Aircraft |
| HTCU | Heavy Transport Conversion Unit |
| HuAF | Hungarian Air Force |
| IAC | Irish Air Corps |
| IAF | Indian Air Force |
| IDF | Israel Defence Force |
| IFTS | Initial Flying Training School |
| IHM | International Helicopter Museum (now The Helicopter Museum) |
| INS | Indian Naval Service |
| IrAF | Iraq Air Force |
| IRIAF | Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force |
| IWM | Imperial War Museum |
| JAPG | Jet Aviation Preservation Group |
| JAF | Japanese Air Force |
| JASDF | Japanese Air Self Defence Force |
| KAF | Kuwaiti Air Force |
| Ken AF | Kenyan Air Force |
| KLu | Konninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force) |
| Ltd | Limited |
| l/f | last flight |
| l/n | last noted |
| MacAF | Macedonian Air Force |
| MCU | Mosquito Conversion Unit |
| MCU | Meteorological Conversion Unit |
| MEAF | Middle East Air Force |
| MLD | Marine Luchtvaart Dienst (Royal Netherlands Navy) |
| MMI | Marine Militare Italiana (Italian Navy) |
| MerDet | Merlin Detachment (at Al Musanah, Oman) |
| MexAF | Mexican Air Force |
| MoA | Ministry of Aviation |
| MoAF | Museum of Army Flying |
| MoS | Ministry of Supply |
| MPSU | Multi Platform Support Unit |
| M&RU | Marketing and Recruitment Unit |
| MSFU | Merchant Ship Fighter Unit |
| MU | Maintenance Unit |
| (N) | Nose section |
| NEA | Non-Effective Airframe |
| NEAM | North East Aviation Museum |
| N&SAM | Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum |
| NSW | Naval Strike Wing |
| N.t.u. | Not taken up |
| OADF | Overseas Aircraft Delivery Flight |
| OADU | Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit |
| (O)AFU | (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit |
| OCU | Operational Conversion Unit |
| OL | Osterreichische Luftstreitkrafte (Austrian Air Force) |
| OTU | Operational Training Unit |
| P2MF | Puma 2 Maintenance Flight |
| PAF | Pakistan Air Force |
| (P)AFU | (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit |
| PASF | Puma Aircraft Servicing Flight |
| PATP | Packed Aircraft Transit Pool |
| PDSH | Puma Depth Support Hub |
| PLAAF | People's Liberation Army Air Force (Chinese Air Force) |
| PolAF | Polish Air Force |
| PolAr | Polish Army |
| PolN | Polish Navy |
| Pres. | Preserved |
| QEAF | Qatar Emiri Air Force |
| RAAA | Repaired and Awaiting Allocation |
| RAAF | Royal Australian Air Force |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| RAFO | Royal Air Force of Oman |
| RAN | Royal Australian Navy |
| RBAF | Royal Bahraini Air Force |
| RCAF | Royal Canadian Air Force |
| RDAF | Royal Danish Armed Forces |
| RFS | Reserve Flying School |
| RIW | Repaired in works |
| RJAF | Royal Jordanian Air Force |
| RMAF | Royal Malaysian Air Force |
| RNA | Royal Nepal Army |
| RNAF | Royal Norwegian Air Force |
| RNAY | Royal Naval Aircraft Yard |
| r/o | rolled out |
| RoKAF | Republic of Korea Air Force |
| ROS | Repaired on site |
| RoSAF | Republic of Singapore Air Force |
| RS | Radio School |
| RSAF | Royal Saudi Air Force |
| RSU | Repair & Salvage Unit |
| Rtnd | Returned |
| RTP | Return to Produce |
| Scr. | scrapped |
| SFTS | Service Flying Training School |
| SOAF | Sultan of Oman Air Force |
| S.o.c. | Struck off charge |
| SoTT | School of Technical Training |
| Sqn | Squadron |
| SAAF | South African Air Force |
| SloAF | Slovak Air Force |
| SweAF | Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force) |
| SwiAF | Schweizer Luftwaffe (Swiss Air Force) |
| SYAM | South Yorkshire Aviation Museum |
| THM | The Helicopter Museum (formerly the International Helicopter Museum) |
| TNI-AU | Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Udara (Indonesian Air Force) |
| TuAF | Turkish Air Force |
| TUDM | Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (Malaysian Air Force) |
| UAEAF | United Arab Emirates Air Forces |
| UAS | University Air Squadron |
| UkrAF | Ukraine Armed Forces |
| U/S | Unserviceable |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
| USAR | United States Army |
| USMC | United States Marine Corps |
| USN | United States Navy |
| VGS | Volunteer Gliding School |
| V/STOL | Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing |
| w.f.u. | withdrawn from use |
| w/o | written off |
| WS | Wireless School |
| YAM | Yorkshire Air Museum |
| YAF | Yugoslav Armed Forces |