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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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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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DATE 1-11-44 [Underlined] HOMBERG [/underlined] [Calculations]
CRVTXHKO SMQFBALYEU
[Table of bomb loads]
PETROL. 1200 1200
DISTRIBUTOR 15 yds .15
T.V. 1385 1385
BOMB WEIGHT 14,910. [deleted] 11,715 [/deleted] 13,715
[Table of All Up Weights]
[Table of Preselect]
[Table of aircraft heights]
ZERO. 1610.
[Underlined] TIME TO TARGET. [/underlined] 2 1/2 approx. [Underlined] TARGET A.U.W. [/underlined] 61,000lbs 60,000lbs. [Underlined] TARGET HEIGHT. [/underlined]
BOMBING HEIGHTS. 16-18,000’ [/deleted] [Underlined] BOMBING HEADING [/underlined]
COLOUR FILM:
PRESET W S & D.
[Page break]
[Underlined] Marking Point [/underlined] Red TI. [inserted] [underlined] Cascading. [/underlined] [/inserted] H-5, H-2, H+2 (Oboe).
[Underlined] Backed up [/underlined] [boxed] W [/boxed] Red H-2, H. H+3.
[Underlined] Bombing Wind [/underlined] H-5.
[Underlined] 2nd Wave [/underlined] H+2 – H+4.
1/. Visual bombing if possible using Red TI as proximity marker
2/. Bomb Oboes -Red TI’s if visible.
3/. [Boxed] W [/boxed] Hdg – Speed.
Red TI’s will be backed up with Yellow TI’s.
[Calculations]
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Title
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Bomb aimers briefing 1 November 1944 Homberg (Meerbeck oil plant)
Description
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Shows two bomb loads for eight and ten aircraft respectively. Details preselection and other settings as well as time to target and bombing heights. On the reverse marking and backing up plan and bombing instructions.
Date
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1944-11-01
Format
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Two sides form document partially filled in on front handwritten on reverse
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Service material
Identifier
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SChattertonJ159568v10342, SChattertonJ159568v10343
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Germany
Germany--Meerbeck
Temporal Coverage
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1944-11-01
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
aircrew
bomb aimer
bombing
briefing
Oboe
target indicator