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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.
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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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[Underlined] Main [/underlined] 2045
[Underlined] MARQUIS [/underlined]
[Underlined] Colour Film A.U. [/underlined]
DATE 27-6-44
MFTYHKLS BEGZWUA
[Table of bomb loads]
Petrol 1400 GALLS
Distrib. 15 x - .15
[Table of bomb weights]
[Table of preselection]
[Table of aircraft heights and false heights]
TIME OFF E.T.R. ZERO. 0050
WINDOWS. NIL NICKELS. - EFFORT. 84 L
TIME TO TARGET. 1.30. (40) TARGET A.U.W. 61,500 APPROX. TARGET HEIGHT. 300’
G/S 200 – Δ
EFFORT. Δ = 5051 X 0145.
ROUTE - Base – Bradwell Bay (K) – N. Foreland (L) - Δ
5048 – 0148E (M) – 5103N x 0210(2) (O) - Orfordness – Base.
METHOD.
CONTROL – W/T
16-19,000 FT
Long Burning low bursting Red TI’s H-3 Mosquitoes
No visual cancellation of markers.
[Underlined] Heading [/underlined] within 10° of Track to Δ. - 160° Track.
[Underlined] WINDS [/underlined] – As soon as poss. after H-6. – Corrected. & Passed on W/T
If solid cloud drop on GEE.
Try & find markers thro’ cloud or if nothing seen on first round do one orbit to Starboard. Bomb markers or glow.
- MARKING - Oboe.
[Page break]
[Table of aircraft waves and times]
E 18500
L 17500
B – 18500
H 19000
K 17500
G 17500
F 18000
A 17000
Z 16000
Y 16500
T 16000
U 17500
W 18000
S 18000
M 16500
[Underlined] Long Delays [/underlined]
72 HOUR FBGYHK
6 HOUR ZWUETLSMA
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Title
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Bomb aimers briefing 27 June 1944
Description
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Annotated 'Marquis' at top in red. Shows two bomb loads for eight and seven aircraft respectively. Details distributor, preselection and false height settings as well as other information. Includes timings, weights, route, marking method and some bombing instructions. On the reverse wave timing and aircraft allocation as well as list of aircraft letters with corresponding heights. Shows lists of aircraft with bomb delays of 72 and 6 hours.
Date
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1944-06-27
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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SChattertonJ159568v10604, SChattertonJ159568v10605
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Temporal Coverage
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1944-06-27
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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
Gee
Mosquito
target indicator