Duisburg, Edward King's 13th operation of his tour
Title
Duisburg, Edward King's 13th operation of his tour
Description
Two items, Edward's description of the operation, and his navigation plot.
Creator
Date
1944-05-21
1944-05-22
Language
Format
One handwritten document, a navigation plot
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Contributor
Identifier
SKingEJ182986v10059,SKingEJ182986v10060
Transcription
[underlined] Duisburg. [/underlined]
[underlined] 21/5/44. [/underlined]
Airborne 2310
[underlined] Landed 0310 [/underlined]
Cloud over target up to 18-19,000' so flak not seen much. No T.Is seen so over-ran E.T.A. for 3 minutes then bombed. Came out well south of track – across [sic] overflakkee[?].
Attacked by single engined rocket fighter over Belgium – cork screwed and lost him
[page break]
[map]
[underlined] DUISBURG. [/underlined]
[underlined] 21/5/44. [/underlined]
Airborne 2310
[underlined] Landed 0310 [/underlined]
Cloud over target up to 18-19,000' so flak not seen much. No T.Is seen so over-ran E.T.A. for 3 minutes then bombed. Came out well south of track – across [sic] overflakkee[?].
Attacked by single engined rocket fighter over Belgium – cork screwed and lost him
[page break]
[map]
[underlined] DUISBURG. [/underlined]
Collection
Citation
Edward King, “Duisburg, Edward King's 13th operation of his tour,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 4, 2023, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/34254.
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