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                <text>262 items. The collection concerns Powell, Norman Ivor (b. 1925,&amp;nbsp;1896919 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, diary, target photographs, maps, photographs, correspondence, and two photograph albums. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 614 and 104 squadrons in North Africa and Italy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2207"&gt;Powell, N I. Photograph album one&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2209"&gt;Powell, N I. Photograph album two&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Brian Powell and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.</text>
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                <text>This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.</text>
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            <text>[underlined] SORTIE REPORT. [/underlined]&#13;
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Date :- 8th April 1945. 104 Squadron. "S".&#13;
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F/O Ward,&#13;
Sgt Powell.&#13;
Sgt McGowan.&#13;
Sgt Piper.&#13;
F/O Scott.&#13;
F/S Scott.&#13;
F/O Cole.&#13;
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Off . . . 1945.&#13;
Landed . . . 0130.&#13;
Hours . . . 5 hrs 45 mins.&#13;
Weather. Haze in valleys. Target . . . TRENTO Choke point.&#13;
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A. Route markers seen. Illumination 2224. 2225.&#13;
TMB/Red 2228 3 lots centre one practically level with bridge.&#13;
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B. 2231. 9,500 Heading 055. 2 x 1000 GPTI. 10 x 500 GP. aimed for centre of markers.&#13;
Bursts seen near centre of T.I's.&#13;
Bombs bursting on all 3 T.I's. Some smoke from bombing.&#13;
Explosion glare seen at 2235.&#13;
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C. 12 Heavy mainly above.&#13;
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D. Flares in and out on route. Double flare seen 15 miles from coast. . One appeared to be circular.&#13;
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F. Unable to [deleted] give [/deleted] get U/C down on return. Had to pump flap and lower U/C mechanically.&#13;
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J. 1 Light South end of Lake Garda. South of Ferrara, North of Ferrara.&#13;
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K. Red/Green verey South of Ancona on route to target. 7 mins before Red at pt A.&#13;
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[underlined] Signed R. Pountney. F/O. [/underlined]</text>
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              <text>Details of operation to Trento choke points. Lists crew and provides some details of sortie. Bombs landed on TIs. Could not get landing gear down on normal system on return, lowered mechanically. Two versions of the same document.</text>
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