Chalons-sur-Marne, Edward King's 25th operation on his tour

Chalons-sur-Marne, Edward King's 25th operation on his tour

Four items, the first a title page, the second Edward's navigation plot, the third a print of the expected H2S return and fourth part of an official report on the operation. This gives the number of aircraft taking part and their group, a weather report, a summary of the raid and aircraft losses.

1944-07-14

1944-07-15

Two typewritten documents, a navigation plot, an expected H2S plot

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[underlined] CHALONS-SUR-MARNE [/underlined].
[underlined] Railway Marshalling Yards [/underlined],

Airborne 2200

Landed 0420

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[inserted][underlined] CHALONS SUR MARNE. [/underlined][/inserted]

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Railway Marshalling Yard CHALONS-sur-MARNE (France)

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CHALONS-SUR-MARNE:
3/4 LANCASTERS OF 1 GROUP, 86/100 LANCASTERS OF
3 GROUP, 14/14 LANCASTERS AND 3/XX 2/3 MOSQUITOES F XX OF 8 (PF)
GROUP ATTACKED THE RAIL CENTRE. 8/10THS TO 10/10THS CLOUD
PREVAILED WITH BASE AT 8/10,000FT. VISIBILITY WAS GOOD BELOW. MOST CREWS VSUALLY [sic] IDENTIFIED LAND MARKS MARKERS WERE SEEN TO BE WELL CONCENTRATED AND ACCURATELY PLACED FOLLOWED BY A SUCCESSFUL ATTACK. HEAVY SMOKE AND FIRES EX DEVELOPED BEFORE THE ATTACK WAS CONCLUDED. FLAK WAS SLIGHT, BUT SEVERAL COMBATS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. 1 LANCASTER IS MISSING.