9 Squadron Operations Record Book. One
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9 Squadron Operations Record Book. One
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This is a handwritten record book for 9 Squadron from 14/15 April 1943 to 10/11 November 1943.
For each operation it includes many details of the target, routes, bomb load, crews, a description of results, and if any did not return.
The last few pages contain a summary of each pilot, the number of operations completed and what happened to them i.e. tour expired, posted out of 9 Squadron or missing/killed in action.
There is an index listing each operation and a monthly summary of raids.
9 Squadron were operating Lancaster I and III from RAF Bardney.
Over the period covered by this record 9 Squadron flew 1 day and 67 night operations, mainly bombing but also some mine laying.
Bombing targets: Stuttgart, Pilsen, Spezia, Stettin, Duisburg, Essen, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Wuppertal, Bochum, Oberhausen, Friedrichshafen, Krefeld, Mülheim, Gelsenkirchen, Cologne, Turin, Reggio Nell’Emilia, Hamburg, Remscheid, Milan, Mannheim, Nurnberg, Peenemünde, Leverkusen, Berlin, Mönchengladbach, Hagen, Munich, Kassel, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Modane.
Mine laying targets were: Weeding (Heligoland Bight), Furze (St Jean De Luz), Silverthorn (Kattegat areas), Nasturtium (Copenhagen Sound), Verbena (Copenhagen approach), Spinach (Gdynia).
For each operation it includes many details of the target, routes, bomb load, crews, a description of results, and if any did not return.
The last few pages contain a summary of each pilot, the number of operations completed and what happened to them i.e. tour expired, posted out of 9 Squadron or missing/killed in action.
There is an index listing each operation and a monthly summary of raids.
9 Squadron were operating Lancaster I and III from RAF Bardney.
Over the period covered by this record 9 Squadron flew 1 day and 67 night operations, mainly bombing but also some mine laying.
Bombing targets: Stuttgart, Pilsen, Spezia, Stettin, Duisburg, Essen, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Wuppertal, Bochum, Oberhausen, Friedrichshafen, Krefeld, Mülheim, Gelsenkirchen, Cologne, Turin, Reggio Nell’Emilia, Hamburg, Remscheid, Milan, Mannheim, Nurnberg, Peenemünde, Leverkusen, Berlin, Mönchengladbach, Hagen, Munich, Kassel, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Modane.
Mine laying targets were: Weeding (Heligoland Bight), Furze (St Jean De Luz), Silverthorn (Kattegat areas), Nasturtium (Copenhagen Sound), Verbena (Copenhagen approach), Spinach (Gdynia).
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “9 Squadron Operations Record Book. One,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed July 31, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/48841.
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