9 Squadron handwritten Operation Record Book. Four

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9 Squadron handwritten Operation Record Book. Four

Description

This is a handwritten record of the operations of 9 Squadron from 22nd November 1944 to 9th June 1945. For each operation it includes many details of the target, routes, bomb load, a description of results, and if any did not return. Inserted is the battle order for each operation with details of the crew.
There is an index listing each operation.

9 Squadron were operating Lancasters I and III from RAF Bardney.

Over the period covered by this record 9 Squadron flew a total 47 bombing operations (24 day and 23 night operations) and 3 Operation Exodus. Targets included Trondheim, Munich, Heilbronn, the Urft Dam, Gdynia, Politz, shipping in the Moss area, Ladbergen, Gravenhorst, Bergen, Leuna, Brux, IJmuiden, Altenbeken, Dresden, Rositz, Bohlen, Sassnitz, Hamburg, Essen, Dortmund, Arnsberg, Würzburg, Vlotho, Nienburg, Bremen, Bad Oeynhausen, Farge, Nordhausen, Molbis, Lutzkendorf, the Prinz Eugen at Swinemunde, Pilsen, Heligoland, Berchtesgaden.

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One booklet

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MAudisRJ[Ser#-DoB]-230427-04

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Citation

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “9 Squadron handwritten Operation Record Book. Four,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed July 31, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/48838.

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