WW2 USAAF Jargon Decode, please?
Just been reading a fascinating USAAF diary of a B17 nav based in E Anglia in 1943.
He frequently refers to "finding our splasher" or reaching "splasher #7" which is evidently a navigation waypoint. What were "splashers" used for? An initial coastal assembly point/coasting in point or something like that? His ship was equipped with "G" (sic)- evidently "Gee".
When one of his squadron had to land in fog with his rudder cables shot away he "landed on A.F.C.E". What does that mean?
I'll try to find the provenance of this piece - there are 20 pages or more, and if appropriate will post it here - it is a gripping read.