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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
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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Chatterton, J
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Transcription
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[Underlined] AUCHY LES HESDEN. [/underlined]
DATE 31-8-44
44’s & 65’s
[Table of bomb loads]
[Underlined] Long delays [/underlined]
PETROL 1200
DISTRIBUTOR 15yds. .15
T.V. 1385
BOMB WEIGHT [deleted] 63,360. [/deleted] 13,520
ALL UP. WEIGHT. 63,360
[Table of aircraft heights]
TIME OFF [deleted] 1600 [/deleted] 1532 E.T.R. 1930. ZERO. [deleted] 1800 [/deleted] 1752.
WINDOWS. NIL. NICKELS. NIL. EFFORT. 52 base. + Sqdn.
TIME TO TARGET. 1 1/2 – 2. TARGET A.U.W. 60,000 TARGET HEIGHT. 160’
BOMBING HEIGHTS. 12-15,000’ BOMBING HEADING. 122° Track on lattice line.
COLOUR FILM: A. H.
PRESET W S & D. B’cast H-5.
[Page break]
[Underlined] Marking [/underlined] H-6. White smoke in centre of road burning 20mins.
2 mosq. to mark each aiming point with smoke markers.
Bombing visual but run up on C lattice line.
[Underlined] Heights [/underlined] [deleted] 10 – 11,000’ 12-15000’ [/deleted] 11,500 – 12,500
[Underlined] Bombing Wind [/underlined] – Met.
[Underlined] Orbit [/underlined] Right Hand.
[Underlined] Other Attacks [/underlined] 2 miles East marked with [deleted] Yellow [/deleted] White smoke.
5 miles NE marked with White smoke.
Leader. – G. Blue Tail.
Deputy. – V. Blue Cross.
No bombs are to be released unless the A.PTS. are visually identified beyond doubt.
[Table of aircraft heights]
Nav & B/A’s 1230 ETR 1815.
Capts. 1310
Main 1330 1400 hrs.
S/C 1530
H. 1700
[Boxed] 122° [/boxed]
[Boxed] 5024 x 0205E [/boxed]
[Boxed] 314 [/boxed]
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Title
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Bomb aimers briefing 31 August 1944 - Auchy-lès-Hesdin
Description
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Shows single bomb load for operation. Details distributor and false height settings as well as timings and effort level. On the reverse marking and bombing instruction. Leader and deputy markings, list of aircraft with heights and briefing times.
Date
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1944-08-31
Format
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Two sides from form document partially filled in on the reverse handwritten
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Service material
Identifier
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SChattertonJ159568v10452, SChattertonJ159568v10453
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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France
France--Hesdin
Temporal Coverage
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1944-08-31
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
Mosquito
target indicator