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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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DATE 15-8-44 GILZE RIJEN
HSKRG
TFJMVBAZL QPOX
[Table of bomb loads]
[Calculations]
[Table of Petrol, Distributor, T.V., Bomb Weight and All Up Weight]
[Table of Preselect]
[Table of aircraft heights and false height settings]
ZERO. 1100
EFFORT. 200
TARGET HEIGHT. S.L.
ROUTE: Base – 5235 x 0300E – 5220 x 0430E – 5200 x 0505E –
Target: 5203 x 0552 wide dept – 5206 x 0555E – 5200 x 0505E – 5220 x 0430E –
5205 x 0300E – Base
BOMBING HEADING. N – NE
[Page break]
5-52 4 M, marke TI yellow H-5-4-3-2 cascading 5000
14/16000, PFF leading,
Leader will fire Green very light for forming up.
Base will form up over Scampton at 9000ft. A/C will cross English coast @ 12500
Escort 3 Sqdns Thunderbolts (48 A/C & possibly L’s & M’s)
Target will be patrolled by 1 sqdn of Yank fighters from H-60 -H, and will then make four flying attacks
If markers cannot be seen bombs may be dropped on any airfield in vicinity, only airfields may be bombed, no bombing on Gee or D/R
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Title
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Bomb aimers briefing 15 August 1944 - Gilze Rijen airfield
Description
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Shows two bomb loads for operation, one for fourteen aircraft the other for four. Details distributor, preselection and false height settings as well as route, timings and other details. On the reverse pathfinder marking and bombing instruction. At the bottom details of Thunderbolt fighter escort.
Date
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1944-08-15
Format
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Two sides front form document 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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SChattertonJ159568v10477, SChattertonJ159568v10478
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Netherlands
Netherlands--Tilburg
Temporal Coverage
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1944-08-15
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.
Contributor
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Anne-Marie Watson
aircrew
bomb aimer
bombing
bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944)
briefing
Gee
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
P-38
P-47
P-51
Pathfinders
target indicator