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Title
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Chatterton, John. 44 Squadron operations order book
Description
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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 <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/115642/">Donald Neil McKechnie</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-03-14
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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.
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Chatterton, J
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[deleted] Ops [/deleted] B/Ldr
[date stamp]
STAND BY FOR B/CAST.£
WAD CON EKB SCM SWI SYE V PGPE NR OPS 4 OP
FROM HQ 5 GROUP 241130B
TO ALL 5 GROUP STATIONS AND BASES
SECRET QQX BT
[INSERTED] 21 27 31 35 17000 [/INSERTED]
24 APRIL 1944 SECRET.
[underlined] BOMB LEADER INSTRUCTIONS. [underlined]
32 POINT DISTRIBUTOR SETTING FRO ALL LOADS IS TO BE 0.25 SECOND TO [deleted]OXXX [/deleted] OBTAIN CRATER SEPARATION OF 50 YARDS. ALL LOADS TO BE AIMED AS STICKS WITH NO DELAYS. 4LB INCENDIARY LOAD V FALSE HT SETTING TO BE CALCUATED MAKING ALLOWANCE FOR AIMING A 420 T.V. LOAD WITH T.V. SETTING OF 1000 FT/SEC.
PHOTO FLASHES TO BE FUSEX TO EXPLODE AT 9000FT. AND CAMERA CONTROLS SET ACCORDINGLY.
[inserted] 16000’ VIUPJHG [/inserted]
BT 241130b
J.F.AS
SCM K WITH R R>>
R1138 GS AR
[inserted] U – 20,000 E – 15,000 [/inserted]
[inserted] Op Int 24/4/44. GB [/inserted]
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Title
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Bombing Leader Instruction Signal
Description
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Includes 32 point distributor settings and bombing instructions. 4 Lb incendiary v false height load setting. Photo flash settings.
Date
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1944-04-24
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Service material
Identifier
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SChattertonJ159568v10095
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Temporal Coverage
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1944-04-24
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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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.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Format
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One-page typewritten document
Contributor
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Claire Monk
5 Group
aircrew
bomb aimer
bombing
briefing
incendiary device