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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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Chatterton, J
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[Underlined] STUTTGART [/underlined]
MINOLS IN C & L
DATE 15-3-44
SUPPORTERS L. Z C X O M XPQSUA
[Table of bomb loads]
[Table of T.V. and weights]
[Table of Preselection]
[Table of aircraft heights]
Petrol. 1950 Target Ht. 1000’
Windows. CDC (30mls) Nickels. 8 A/C.
ZERO. 2310
[Underlined] Target. AUW [/underlined] 4hrs. Effort. V GP. 205. – 817 TOTAL.
Method:-
BASE – (A) Reading – B Selsey Bill. – C 4918 – 0005W D 4810 – 0130E
E 4755 – 0900 TARGET. F 4903 – 0915 G 4825 – 0740 H 4905 -0325
J 5000 – 0115 B. A. Base.
Newhaven with [boxed] W [/boxed] as emergency.
PFF open at Z-5 (2305) with sticks of white flares & of mixed T.I green in Δ area.
Aiming Point then marked large salvoes mixed red & green T.I’s. & will be kept marked with RED TIs.
If cloud obscures TI’s then release point will be marked throughout with flares, GREEN/RED stars. Main force A/C who arrive early in the
[Page break]
attack to aim at the large salvoes of red & green TI’s but overshoot by 2 seconds to allow for error in visual estimation of the centre. If cloud obscures TI’s aim at flares GREEN/RED stars on exact heading of 010M
No incendiaries before zero hour.
[Underlined] Mosq. [/underlined] make spoof attack on Munich & will drop spoof route markers T.I. Green at “P” 4745N – 0920E.
[Underlined] Colour Film [/underlined] S.Y.P.
[Underlined] Relays [/underlined] C.D.L.M.O.P.Q.S.X.Y.Z.
[Underlined] Line Overlap [/underlined] U (Gillard)
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Bomb aimers briefing 15 March 1944 - Stuttgart
Description
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Shows a number of bomb loads for operation. Details preselection, delay and false height settings and other information. Includes weights, Window, effort level, route, marking method. Pathfinders, and bombing instructions. On the reverse more bombing instructions, Mosquito spoof attack on Munich.
Date
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1944-03-15
Format
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Two sides front form document partially filled in on the reverse handwritten
Language
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eng
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Text
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Identifier
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SChattertonJ159568v10699, SChattertonJ159568v10700
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Germany
Germany--Stuttgart
Germany--Munich
Temporal Coverage
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1944-03-15
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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
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Anne-Marie Watson
aircrew
bomb aimer
bombing
briefing
Mosquito
Pathfinders
target indicator
Window