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Chatterton, John. 44 Squadron operations order book
Description
An account of the resource
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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Chatterton, J
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[Underlined] FRANKFURT [/underlined]
22-3-44.
Z.Q.H.Y. REST 1650 GALLONS.
[Table of bomb loads]
[Table of bomb preselection]
[Table of heights]
TIME OFF 1900 approx ZERO HOUR 2150 TIME TO TARGET 2 1/2 hrs
E.T.R. 0045. TARGET A.U.W.
WINDOWS C.D.C. NICKELS 1 PKT?
EFFORT 800 – 170 HX III’S V Group 214.
[Underlined] ROUTE [/underlined] Base – A 5405 x 0400 – B 5220 x 0845 – Target – C 4948 x 0830
D 4945 x 0710 - E 5105 x 0240 – Base.
WAVE 1 X [deleted] K [/deleted] D.
2 K.S.
3 O.C.B
4 J.U.
5 RTA
Supporters Z QHY.
Newhaven with [boxed] W [/boxed] as emergency. P.F.F. open at Z-5 sticks flares & Green T.I. in target area. A.P. then marked large salvos mixed Red & Green T.I. and kept marked with Red T.I. [Boxed] W [/boxed] – flares Red/Yellow. Main force early in attack to aim at red & green TI’s if visible, otherwise at centre of all T.I. Red. (avoiding decoy reds). [Boxed] W [/boxed] – 190m.
Mosquitoes spoof attack on Hanover with TI. Spoof fighter flares to North of Hanover along route to Berlin.
[Page break]
10
7000
Line overlap K
No relays in K & J.
Colour film NIL.
Use only the ON/OFF Switch
Night Q.Y. if scrubbed 6 flash.
Airborne 0930 H.L.B 3A/C Q. Y & S
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Title
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Bomb aimers briefing 22 March 1944 - Frankfurt
Description
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Shops two bomb loads for operation for four and remaining aircraft. Details preselection false height and delay settings (the last two struck through) and other information. Includes timings, Window, effort level, route, wave aircraft allocations. Directs Newhaven marking with [w] as emergency. Pathfinder marking and other instructions. Mentions Mosquito spoof attack on Hanover and spoof fighter flares to north of Hanover. On the reverse short notes.
Date
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1944-03-22
Format
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Two sides front handwritten form document mostly filled in on the reverse handwritten
Language
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eng
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Text. Service material
Identifier
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SChattertonJ159568v10675, SChattertonJ159568v10676
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Germany
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Hannover
Temporal Coverage
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1944-03-22
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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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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Anne-Marie Watson
aircrew
bomb aimer
bombing
briefing
Mosquito
Pathfinders
target indicator
Window