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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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Chatterton, J
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[Underlined] NO. 44 (RHODESIA) SQUADRON. [/underlined]
[Underlined] AIR BOMBERS BRIEFING. [/underlined]
Date 16/7/3/45 Target WURTZBURG 43°48’ 09°52’ “H” HOUR 2120
Petrol 1900 Target Height 570’
[Tables of bomb loads and preselection Load A]
[Tables of bomb loads and preselection Load B]
[Underlined] BOMBING W/V. [/underlined] Pre-Set √
B/S. Wind to Main Force [deleted] V.H.F. [/deleted] or W/T H-5
[Page break]
Δ – Thin medium 15,000
W/C Stubbs [deleted] Lanc [/deleted] Mosq.
[Underlined] MARKING AND TACTICS. [/underlined]
H-9 GREENS BLIND Δ.
H-8-6-4 Flares.
1. Mosquito REDS on M/P Backed up RED - YELLOWS
2. Mark centre of TOWN. REDS.
3. OR BACK UP GREENS.
4 PAIRS OF GREEN T.Is @ 7000
① Overshoot REDS. (25)
② REDS DIRECT (5)
③ REDS & GREEN (5) ④ SKY. [DELETED] ‘0’ WIND [/deleted] B/S WIND 160 RAS.
[Underlined] BOMBING. [/underlined]
[Underlined] Heading [indecipherable] [/underlined] 035 T. (5)
Height Band 10-11500’ Min. Bombing Height 8,000
T.O.T. H+4 H H+7. Max. T.O.T. H-H+10
Track/ [Deleted] Sector [/deleted] 040°T Orbit STARBOARD (Green T.I).
Overshoot 1. 20 secs [deleted] Overshoot 2. Basic 5 secs. [/deleted]
Basic Delay (Low T.V. Bombs) Load “A” 5 Load “B” 5
[Underlined] WINDOW. [/underlined]
[Table of Window]
[Underlined] CAMERA. [/underlined]
Photo-Flash .6 Time 22 secs.
100% Compo. Film.
(2-4000 [deleted] 72-7400 [/deleted] @ Posn A)
[Underlined] NAVIGATION. [/underlined] BASE – READING – 5610 0200 – 4820 0700 – 4839 0900
- 4913 0955 – Δ – 4928 1112 – 4910 1130
[Underlined] Loran – H2S NO H2S/ [/underlined]
[Underlined] GENERAL. [/underlined]
Hang Ups * Jettison Procedure *
BRIEFING OFFICER [Signature]
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Title
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Bomb aimers briefing 16/17 March 1945 - Wurtzburg
Description
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Indicated two bomb loads, one for five aircraft the other for eight. Includes preselection settings and time on target. On the reverse; Marking and tactics (including by Mosquito), bombing details, Window, camera, navigation and other details.
Date
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1945-03-16
Format
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Two sided form document filled in
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Service material
Identifier
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SChattertonJ159568v10164, SChattertonJ159568v10165
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Germany
Germany--Würzburg
Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
Temporal Coverage
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1945-03-16
1945-03-17
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.
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Anne-Marie Watson
44 Squadron
aircrew
bomb aimer
bombing
briefing
Mosquito
RAF Spilsby
target indicator
Window