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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 14-3-45 Target LUTZKENDORF “H” HOUR 2200
Petrol 2154 Target Height 400’
[Tables of bomb loads and preselection Load A]
[Tables of bomb loads and preselection Load B]
[Table of aircraft heights]
[Underlined] BOMBING W/V. [/underlined] Pre-Set √
Windfinders to Control/Group –
B/S. Wind to Main Force [deleted] V.H.F. [/deleted] or W/T H-5
Bombsight Levelled to 59,000 lbs. √
Special Levelling X
Not above 4000’ to B. Climb to bombing height to Δ.
Descend rapidly in steps to 1500 to 3000’ above G. level to H. Climb to not below 8000’ at 0900E.
[Page break]
TO DESTROY AN [underlined] ENEMY [/underlined] SYNTHETIC OIL PLANT.
H-11 P.B.M. Green on Δ Point.
[Underlined] MARKING AND TACTICS. [/underlined] H-9 Flares on Δ.
Mosq. will mark target point [inserted] direct [/inserted] with T.I. Red and possibly Yellow.
Emergency Wang. Flares. [Underlined] Green with Red Stars [/underlined] cascading at [underlined] 7000’ [/underlined]
1) Aim direct at Red T.I. [underlined] or [/underlined] as instructed by Master Bomber.
2) Bomb Red and Green T.I’s direct.
3) Attack Wanganui as planned. Aim at concentration of flares on [underlined] Track [/underlined] 054(T). R.A.S. 160 M.P.H. Zero W/S on B/sights.
4 Flares every minute.
[Underlined] BOMBING. [/underlined]
Height Band [deleted] 9-12000’ [/deleted] 8-11000 Min. Bombing Height 8000’
T.O.T. H to H+3. Max. T.O.T. H+10
Track/ [Deleted] Sector [/deleted] 054°(T) Orbit PORT.
Overshoot 1. - Overshoot 2. –
[Underlined] CAMERA. [/underlined]
Photo-Flash .6
100% Compo. Film.
Clear Camera in Flight [deleted] / Dispersal. [/deleted]
M/F = OBRON
ABAN = SQUASH COURT.
STOP = BLACKBOOT.
[Underlined] NAVIGATION. [/underlined]
[Underlined] Loren [/underlined]
[Underlined] GENERAL. [/underlined]
[Underlined] Jettison Procedure [/underlined]
[Underlined] Accuracy in Settings [/underlined]
BRIEFING OFFICER [Signature]
120 HALS – 2000 ] Near Saarbrucken.
196 HALS 2015 ]
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Title
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Bomb aimers briefing 14 March 1945 Lutzendorf Oil Facility
Description
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Indicates two bomb loads, one for six aircraft the other for ten. Includes preselection settings, distributor settings, aircraft heights and false height settings and some bombing notes. On the reverse Marking and tactics including by Mosquito, bombing details, camera navigation, code words and other notes.
Date
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1945-03-14
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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SChattertonJ159568v10166, SChattertonJ159568v10167
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Germany
Germany--Halle an der Saale
Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
Temporal Coverage
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1945-03-14
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