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                <text>Collection consists of 521 items which are mostly Operations orders, aircraft load and weight tables and bomb aimers briefings for 44 Squadron operations between January 1944 and April 1945. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by M J Chatterton and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This collection also contains items concerning Dewhurst Graaf and his crew, and Donald Neil McKechnie and his crew. Additional information on &lt;a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/109020/"&gt;Dewhurst Graaf&lt;/a&gt; and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/115642/"&gt;Donald Neil McKechnie&lt;/a&gt; is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</text>
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            <text>Date 13-2-44&#13;
[Inserted diagonally across centre of page ] [underlined] Scrubbed 1630 [/underlined][/Inserted]&#13;
[Inserted as part of Table of Bomb loads] X less 700 [/Inserted] &#13;
[Table of Bomb Loads and Preselect]&#13;
[Table of Aircraft Height]&#13;
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Petrol. 1900/Y &amp; S 1950. Time Off.  Target Ht. 118’&#13;
Q.F.F. Windows. C D C - 60 miles. C. Nickels. NIL&#13;
Zero. 2100 Take Off. E.T.R.&#13;
Target. Weight Effort. 702 (146 HX) 300 bundles&#13;
Decoys Emergency Sightings L[symbol] &#13;
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[Calculation] &#13;
&#13;
Method:-  Y or S Wind finding taking off 1/2 earlier.&#13;
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Mixed Para &amp; Wanganui [Underlined] Routemarkers] [/Underlined] Green flares steady &#13;
Posn P 5515N-0830E&#13;
Q 5420N-1228E.&#13;
&#13;
Attack opens TI red. Aim Pt. will then be marked with TI Green. In addition marked with bundles of flares Red + Green stars to mark release point throughout attack.&#13;
Main forces should aim at centre of all TI’s Green, otherwise at centre of Flares on exact heading of 215° M: [Deleted word] Zero wind. &#13;
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Routemarker [Underlined] Red flares steady [/Underlined] R 5227N-II43E &#13;
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[Page break]&#13;
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[Underlined] MB [/Underlined] [underlined]1[/underlined] Spoof attack Frankfurt at Z-2 with Red &amp; Green TI.&#13;
[underlined]2[/underlined] Spoof fighter flares NW target &amp; NW Ressau.&#13;
[underlined]3[/underlined] Spoof Routemarker flares Green steady at S 5156N 1210E&#13;
“T” 5132N 0955E</text>
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