Operations order 6 March 1945

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Operations order 6 March 1945
Operational flying programme for night 6/7 March 1945 Serial 36/45

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Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 6/7 March 1945. Includes duty personnel. Fourth member of each crew is underlined.

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1945-03-06

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[underlined] NO. 44 (RHODESIA) SQUADRON. [/underlined] [underlined] 6TH. MARCH, 1945. [/underlined]

[underlined] OPERATIONAL FLYING PROGRAMME FOR NIGHT OF 6TH. MARCH, 1945.
SERIAL NO. 36/45. [/underlined]

[underlined] SECTION I. [/underlined]

[underlined] ND.578.Y.(III). [/underlined]
F/L. Hayler.
P/O. Tink.
F/S. Hearn.
[underlined] F/O. Winterburn. [/underlined]
Sgt. Nash.
F/S. James.
P/O. Knight.

[underlined] PD.422.T.(I). [/underlined]
F/L. Wood.
Sgt. Ingham.
F/S. Edmonds.
[underlined] F/O. Spence. [/underlined]
Sgt. Castle.
F/S. Bullivant.
Sgt. Pepperdine.

[underlined] PB.380.S.(III). [/underlined]
F/O. Barlow.
Sgt. Thornalley.
F/S. Symonds.
[underlined] P/O. Fox. [/underlined]
F/S. Clements.
F/S. White.
F/S. Wilkes.

[underlined] PB.534.Q.(III). [/underlined]
F/O. Dives.
Sgt. Crowston.
Sgt. Armitage.
[underlined] F/O. Nellyer. [/underlined]
Sgt. Morley.
Sgt. Potts.
Sgt. Biddle.

[underlined] SECTION II. [/underlined]

[underlined] PB.417.R.(III). [/underlined]
F/O. R.Pigott.
Sgt. Cousins.
F/S. Madley.
[underlined] F/O. Russell. [/underlined]
F/O. Carpenter.
F/S. Evans.
W/O. Pinckard.

[underlined] LM.655.U.(III). [/underlined]
F/O. Parkin.
Sgt. Green.
F/O. Rowbotham.
[underlined] F/S. Henry. [/underlined]
F/S. Kelman.
Sgt. Barber.
F/S. Bredenkamp.

[underlined] PB.251.O.(III). [/underlined]
F/S. Spencer.
Sgt. Bishop.
F/S. Sinclair.
[underlined] Sgt. Mitchell. [/underlined]
Sgt. Seabridge.
Sgt. Johncock.
Sgt. Cobley.

[underlined] ND.869.M.(III). [/underlined]
F/O. Gardiner.
Sgt. Ludlow.
F/S. MacDonald.
[underlined] W/O. Beaton. [/underlined]
Sgt. Burroughs.
F/S. Walsh.
F/S. Van Niekerk.

[underlined] NN.768.K.(I). [/underlined]
F/O. Jetson.
Sgt. Florence.
F/S. Smith.
[underlined] F/S. Stevens. [/underlined]
Sgt. Silson.
Sgt. Cazaly.
F/S. Bosley.

[underlined] PA.256.C.(I). [/underlined]
F/O. Freeland.
Sgt. Nelson.
W/O. Roper.
[underlined] W/O. Gardiner. [/underlined]
F/S. Ockerby.
Sgt. Watson.
Sgt. Watts.

[underlined] NG.396.G.(III). [/underlined]
F/O. Boyle.
Sgt. Thornton.
F/S. Pickup.
[underlined] F/S. Turner. [/underlined]
Sgt. Doggart.
F/S. Smith.
Sgt. Hance.

[underlined] ME.394.X.(III). [/underlined]
W/C. Newmarch.
Sgt. Appleton.
F/O. Biggs.
[underlined] Sgt. Handley. [/underlined]
Sgt. Launder.
Sgt. McCarthy.
Sgt. Nicholls.

[underlined] STANDBY. [/underlined]
[underlined] LM.625.H.(I). [/underlined]
F/O. Fugger.
Sgt. Lee.
F/S. Albrecht.
[underlined] W/O. Roberts. [/underlined]
Sgt. Kirby.
Sgt. Ball.
Sgt. Dyball.

[underlined] STANDBY. [/underlined]
[underlined] ND.496.A.(III). [/underlined]
F/O. Walker.
Sgt. Crooks.
W/O. Turner.
[underlined] F/S. Hardy. [/underlined]
Sgt. Roberts.
F/S. Spence.
Sgt. Ward.

[underlined] STANDBY. [/underlined]
[underlined] ND.631.B.(III). [/underlined]
F/O. Young.
Sgt. Symonds.
Sgt. Howell.
[underlined] Sgt. Hill. [/underlined]
Sgt. Nelson.
Sgt. Webb.
Sgt. Arrowsmith.

[underlined] RESERVE. [/underlined]
F/O. Morgans.
Sgt. Sowerbutts.
W/O. Dayton.
[underlined] F/O. Nicholle. [/underlined]
Sgt. Brooks.
Sgt. Graham.
Sgt. Barnes.

[underlined] DUTY CREW. [/underlined]
F/O. Maltas.
Sgt. Hendry.
Sgt. Booth.
F/S. Skoulding.
W/O. D’Evelynes.
Sgt. Jones.
Sgt. Household.

[underlined] BRIEFING. [/underlined]
NAVIGATORS :
SPECIALISTS :
CAPTAINS :
MAIN :

Officer i/c Flying : S/L. Ferguson.
Duty Gunnery : To be detailed.
Duty Air Bomber : To be detailed.
Duty Clerk : LAC. Hudson.

Duty Flight Engineer : To be detailed.
Duty Signals Officer : P/O. Hunt.
Duty F/E. Officer : To be detailed.
Duty Flight NCO’s : To be detailed.

[signature]

[underlined] Flight Lieutenant, for Wing Commander,
Commanding, No. 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron. [/underlined]

Citation

E O Collcutt and Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Operations order 6 March 1945,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/7245.

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