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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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[Boxed] JOIGNY-LA-ROCHE [Underlined] 619 [/underlined] [/boxed]
DATE 31-7-44
QBPHZYAFK TUOG RUWXY PT
[Table of bomb loads]
PETROL [deleted] 1500 [/deleted] 1530
DISTRIBUTOR 15YDS.
T.V. 1600 1385 1600 1385
BOMB WEIGHT 13, 080
ALL UP. WEIGHT. [Deleted] 65,080 [/deleted] 65,596
[Table of heights] – NIL -
TIME OFF 1700 E.T.R. 2300 ZERO. 2030. TOT. 1 minute.
WINDOWS. 30 PKGS – old type. EFFORT. 1
TIME TO TARGET. [deleted] 2 [/deleted] 3.12 TARGET HEIGHT. 150 FT
TARGET GROUND SPEED. 218
BOMBING HEIGHTS. 12-15000FT
[Boxed] [Table of aircraft and weights] [/boxed]
4703E/5/1.
[Page break]
Bomb aimer to man front guns until H-10.
97 Sqdn leading. – Yellow Force Southern Target & Visual Signals. 2 Horizontal bars 1’ wide across the fin two feet apart.
Western APT – all A/C to Starboard.
[Underlined] W S & D [/underlined] Passed out at H-5. [Deleted] Tail wind going in. [/deleted]
S/C over Waddington for posn. A. 1 Vic at 10000’ another Vic at 12,500’
[Underlined] Marking [/underlined] – 4 Mosq. (with Main Force to Posn. E)
Red TI’s going down on the EAST of our A.PT.
[Boxed] BOMB [underlined] VISUALLY [/underlined] from TARGET MAPS. [/boxed]
[Diagram]
[Underlined] Heading on track. [/underlined]
No orbiting. Bombs must be brought back if no bombing on first run.
65’s – 1385.
59’s – 1600
[Table of bombing waves and heights.]
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Title
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Bomb aimers briefing 31 July 1944 - Joigny-La-Roche
Description
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Shows three bomb loads for nine, four and five aircraft respectively. Details weights, Window, timings and bombing height. On the reverse notes that 97 Squadron leading and details aiming points. Join over Waddington and formation of vics at 10000 and 12500 feet. Covers marking plan and shows sketch map of target area. Lists aircraft letters with corresponding heights. Lists some aircraft with 65 and 59 bombs.
Date
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1944-07-31
Format
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Two sides front 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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SChattertonJ159568v10520, SChattertonJ159568v10521
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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France
France--Joigny
Temporal Coverage
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1944-07-31
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
97 Squadron
aircrew
bomb aimer
bombing
briefing
RAF Waddington
target indicator
Window