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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.
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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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[Underlined] GROUP LOAD [/underlined]
[Calculations, some deleted]
DATE 25-1-44.
[Diagonal lines through this page] Scrubbed 1700hrs
Y
[Table of bomb loads]
1600 GALLS=11,520lbbs.
TV. 1000 1/sec T.V. 1000 1/sec.
[Table of Weights and A.U.W.]
[Table of Preselection]
[Table of aircraft heights]
Petrol. 1600 Target Ht. 1330’
Windows. 22 pks. Route to Target C Within 40mls D Remainder C. Nickels. 2 PKTS.
ZERO. 2050
Target. [Underlined] WEIGHT A 58,000lbs B 56,000lbs Effort. 667.
Decoys. 34.5 Emergency Sighting Lle.
Method:-
Newhaven with Wanganui as Emergency
[Underlined] Routemarker TI Red at {P 4935 0615E OUTWARDBOUND.
{Q 5038 0556E. Homeward – off track.
Attack opens sticks flares & TI Red in Δ area [underlined] for PFF only [/underlined] [inserted] Ignore by main force. [/inserted] Aiming Pt will be TI Green kept up throughout attack. If necessary red/green Wanganui to mark the release point. Aim at centre of all visible green TI’s or otherwise at flares red with green stars on exact heading of [underlined] 052M [/underlined] True Height & A/S & Zero wind.
[Obscured word] [/underlined] must not [/underlined [missing words] must be careful to avoid weak
[Page break]
dummy TI’s which may be dropped over the decoy to the SE of the target. Spoof markings by PFF on Karlsruhe & Stuttgart.
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bomb aimers briefing 25 January 1944
Description
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Indicates two bomb loads for operation. Includes preselection and false height settings as well as other information. Notes Newhaven with Wanganui as emergency. Covers route and target marking by Pathfinder force and bombing instructions. On the reverse mentions dummy Target indicators as well as spoof marking by Pathfinder force at Karlsruhe. Front page is crossed through in red annotated 'Cancelled 1700 hrs'.
Date
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1944-01-25
Format
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Two sided document form filled in on front and handwritten on reverse
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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Identifier
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SChattertonJ159568v10285, SChattertonJ159568v10286
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Temporal Coverage
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1944-01-25
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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
aircrew
bomb aimer
bombing
briefing
Pathfinders
target indicator
Window