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Title A name given to the resource Chatterton, John. 44 Squadron operations order book Description An account of the resource 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. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by M J Chatterton and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />This collection also contains items concerning Dewhurst Graaf and his crew, and Donald Neil McKechnie and his crew. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/109020/">Dewhurst Graaf</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/115642/">Donald Neil McKechnie</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-03-14 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Chatterton, J Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document DATE 7-1-44 “A” CDFKTVX ABHJLOPQR “B” [Table of bomb loads and Window] PETROL. 2154 2154 DISTRIBUTOR .15 .15 T.V. 1000 1000 BOMB WEIGHT 9968 8516 ALL UP. WEIGHT. 66,999 65,325 TIME OFF 1600 ZERO. H-H+6 2030 H-H+1. Anti-Fighter – From 0730°E – Δ - 4700°N at Rate D Anti-Flak – From 0730°E - Δ - 4700°N at Rate C increasing Rate G within 30 mls of Δ. WINDOWS. [Deleted] NICKELS. [/deleted] EFFORT. V Group. TIME TO TARGET 4.36. BOMBING HEIGHTS. [Deleted] 16-20,000’ [/deleted] 16-18,000 minimum 13,000’ Main 1400 Capt 1315 Δ W/V 310/18 @ 15,000’ Temp -24 G/S 205 mph. [Page break] H-9 Red TI’s casc. 5000 & 3000’ H-7 14 Clusters hooded flares aimed at Red MPI. H-5 Flares H-3 Low bursting Green TI’s & 1 [deleted] Re [/deleted] TI flashing “V” aimed at MPI of Reds. [Underlined] Emergency [boxed] W [/boxed] marking [/underlined] From H-1 – H+6 & every minute High bursting Green TI’s at 12000 & 10,000’ [Underlined] Routemarker [/underlined] – White TI flashing “F” half way between G & H on the homeward route [Underlined] W S & D [/underlined] – Corrected at H-5. Supporters – 56 Base H-11 to H-5 Overshoot both sky & ground marking as briefed. [Underlined] Orbitting [/underlined] – Right. [Underlined] Max. T.O.T. [/underlined] – 12 mins. Experiment in blind marking. All H2S marking. Loran must be used for practice. No jettisoning on route back. Main force to aim centre bomb of stick at the most accurate TI as ordered by the master bomber delaying release by 25 secs. Attack on a [underlined] track [/underlined] of 030°T. A Barlow. B Spencer. C Parkin. D Boyle F Peterwald H Gardiner J Fugger K Gallivan L Daggett O Coventry P Kennedy Q Dives R Thompson T Smith V Irving X Newmack [Underlined] Reserve [/underlined] Plenderleith. [Calculations] Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bomb aimers briefing 7 January 1944 Description An account of the resource Shows two bomb loads for operation, one for seven aircraft the other for nine. Includes area for 'anti fighters' and 'anti flak', time to target, bombing heights and wind data. On the reverse marking tactics and timing including blind H2S marking, list crews and aircraft and annotated weight calculations. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-01-07 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two sided form document on front partially filled in and handwritten on reverse. Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Service material Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SChattertonJ159568v10222, SChattertonJ159568v10223 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-01-07 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anne-Marie Watson aircrew bomb aimer bombing briefing H2S master bomber target indicator