Operations order 6 November 1944 - Gravenhorst

Operations order 6 November 1944 - Gravenhorst

Operational programme for night 6/7 November 1944 Serial 205/44

Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 6/7 November. Annotated 'Gravenhorst' top right. Fourth member of each crew is underlined. Numbers are annotated above each aircraft. A crew member is replaced in first crew top row. Two crews are crossed through. Includes three standby crews as well as duty personnel. Three crews are indicated to have second pilot.

1944-11-06

One-page typewritten document

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[Indecipherable] [Underlined] GRAVENHORST. [/underlined]

[Underlined] 6th. NOVEMBER, 1944. NO.44 (RHODESIA) SQUADRON. [underlined]

[Underlined] OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR NIGHT OF 6/7TH. NOVEMBER, 1944. SERIAL NO. 205/44. [/underlined]

9
[Underlined] LM.654.L.(III). [/underlined]

F/L. Davey.
Sgt. Rawcliffe.
Sgt. Finlayson. [deleted] F/L. Edwards. [/deleted]
[Underlined] F/O. Roddie. [/underlined]
Sgt. Oliphant.
F/S. Arnold.
Sgt. Bullivant.
+ F/O. Walker.

10
[Underlined] ND.631.B.(III). [/underlined]

F/O. Daggett.
Sgt. Simpson.
F/O. Hindley.
[Underlined] F/O. Sharpe. [/underlined]
Sgt. Chinneck.
F/S. Simpson.
F/S. Barry.

11
[Underlined] ND.496.A.(III). [/underlined]

F/O. Gardiner.
Sgt. Ludlow.
F/S. MacDonald.
[Underlined] F/S. Beaton. [/underlined]
Sgt. Burroughs.
Sgt. Welsh.
Sgt. Van Niekerk.

12
[Underlined] NF.991.D.(I). [/underlined]

F/O. Sargent.
Sgt. Bradford.
F/S. Symes.
[Underlined] F/S. Walters. [/underlined]
Sgt. Bell.
Sgt. Boulter.
Sgt. George.

9
[Underlined] LM.625.H.(III). [/underlined]

F/O. Craig.
Sgt. Campion.
F/O. Harding.
[Underlined] Sgt. Armstrong. [/underlined]
Sgt. Woodward.
Sgt. McLeod.
Sgt. Lawrence.

10
[Underlined] ME.299.E.(III). [/underlined]

F/O. Boyle.
Sgt. Thornton.
Sgt. Pickup.
[Underlined] Sgt. Turner. [/underlined]
Sgt. Doggart.
Sgt. Moore.
Sgt. Smith.

11
[Underlined] NG.195.C.(I). [/underlined]

F/O. Carryer.
Sgt. Driscoll.
F/O. Grassie.
[Underlined] F/O. Arnett. [/underlined]
F/S. Mitchell.
Sgt. Keen.
Sgt. Routledge.

12
[Underlined] PB.360.V.(III). [/underlined]

[Diagonal line through this crew list]

F/O. Worrall.
Sgt. Wilson.
Sgt. Fuller.
[Underlined] Sgt. Clements. [/underlined]
Sgt. Watt.
Sgt. Judd.
Sgt. Maidment.

9
[Underlined] PB.251.O.(III). [/underlined]

F/O. Coventry.
Sgt. Shuttleworth.
Sgt. Ayre.
[Underlined] F/S. Gibson. [/underlined]
Sgt. Wood.
Sgt. Perkins.
Sgt. Lewis.

10
[Underlined] PB.380.S.(III). [/underlined]

F/O. Barlow.
Sgt. Thornalley.
Sgt. Simmonds.
[Underlined] F/S. Fox. [/underlined]
Sgt. Clements.
Sgt. White.
Sgt. Wilkes.

11
[Underlined] ND.578.Y.(III). [/underlined]

F/O. Thomson.
Sgt. Thorn.
Sgt. Humber.
[Underlined] Sgt. Smith. [/underlined]
Sgt. Wicks.
Sgt. Lee.
Sgt. Padgett.

12
[Underlined] PB.417.R.(III). [/underlined]

[Diagonal line through this crew list]

F/O. Kennedy.
Sgt. Olson. HEATH
F/S. Kelly.
[Underlined] F/O. Jones. [/underlined] LAFOREST.
Sgt. Short.
Sgt. McBurney.
Sgt. Bull.

9
[Underlined] ND.373.X.(III). [/underlined]

F/O. Plenderleith.
Sgt. Nicholson.
F/O. Digman.
[Underlined] F/O. Nicholls. [/underlined]
F/S. Rodda.
Sgt. Syms.
Sgt. Dearman.

10
[Underlined] LM.648.K.(III). [/underlined]

Cpt. Hirschfeld.
Sgt. Lorrain.
F/O. York.
[Underlined] F/O. Murphy. [/underlined]
F/S. Jones.
Sgt. Storr.
Sgt. Mitchell.

11
[Underlined] STANDBY. [/underlined]
[Underlined] PB.534.Q.(III). [/underlined]

F/O. Hart.
Sgt. Smith.
F/S. Green.
[Underlined] F/S. Bell. [/underlined]
F/L. Hughes.
Sgt. Spiers.
Sgt. Merry.
+F/S. Spencer.

12
[Underlined] STANDBY. [/underlined]
[Underlined] LM.655.U.(III). [/underlined]

F/O. Wood.
Sgt. Ingham.
Sgt. Edmonds.
[Underlined] F/O. Spence. [/underlined]
Sgt. Castle.
W/O. Cole. DFM.
Sgt. Pepperdine.
+F/O. Dann.

11
[Underlined] STANDBY. [/underlined]
[Underlined] ND.869.M.(III). [/underlined]

F/O. Smith.
Sgt. Dent.
F/O. Winters.
[Underlined] F/O. Long. [/underlined]
Sgt. Pugh.
Sgt. Hall.
Sgt. Jones.

[Underlined] DUTY CREW. [/underlined]

F/O. Winterburn. i/c.
Sgt. Matley.
F/S. Davison.
F/S. Stevens.
Sgt. Marshall.
Sgt. Harris.
Sgt. Bowsher.

+ = 2nd. Pilot.

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

Officer i/c Flying: S/Ldr. Bird. Duty Flight Engineer: To be detailed;
Duty Electricians: To be detailed. Duty Photos: Sgt. White.
Duty Sigs.: Sgt. Collins. LAC. McClay. Duty Armr. NCO’s.: To be detailed.
Duty Flight NCO’s: To be detailed. Duty Clerk: LACW. Schofield.

Duty Sigs. Officer: P/O. Hunt & F/S. Norris. Duty F/E. Officer: F/Lt. Hayward.
Duty Air Bomber: F/O. Adams. F/L. Lowry. Duty Gunnery: F/Lt. Clarke. F/O. Willis.

[Signature]

Flight Lieutenant, for Wing Commander,

[Underlined] Commanding, No. 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron. [/underlined]