Stratton, Michael
Title
Stratton, Michael
M Stratton
Sablosky, Myer
Description
24 items. The collection concerns Michael Stratton (Myer Sablosky, b. 1911, 1673355 Royal Air Force) and contains navigator's log sheets, documents and photographs. He flew operations as a Navigator with 578 and 51 Squadrons.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Paul Stratton and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Paul Stratton and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Date
2019-02-19
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
Stratton, M
Collection Items
Notebook with photographs
First page - photograph of six aircrew all wearing battledress and side caps standing in line with a Halifax and hangar in the background. M Stratton is identified as the man in the middle with a moustache.
Second page - photograph of an airman…
Second page - photograph of an airman…
Sortie navigation log
Details: 51 Squadron, captain W/O Johnson, navigator Sgt Sabloski date 18/19/3/45. Includes orders, times, navigation data and observations. Signed M Sabloski.
Sortie navigation log - Dortmund
Details: 578 Squadron, aircraft 'LK-T', captain W/O Johnson, navigator Sgt Sabloski, date 12.3.45. Dortmund in pencil in orders. Includes times, navigation data and observations. Signed M Sabloski.
Sortie navigation log - Wangerooge
Details: 51 Squadron, aircraft 'MH-X', captain W/O Johnson, navigator F/Sgt Sabloski, date 25.4.45. Includes orders, times, navigation data and observations. Signed M Sabloski.
Sortie navigation log - Witten
Details: 51 Squadron, captain W/O Johnson, navigator Sgt Sabloski, date 19.3.45. Includes orders for window, time on target and bombing course. Contains times, navigation data, observations and comments.
Sortie navigation log - Hamburg
Details: captain W/O Johnson, navigator Sgt Sabloski, target Hamburg. Includes times, navigation data and observations.
Sortie navigation log - Heligoland
Details: 51 Squadron, captain W/O Johnson, navigator F/Sgt Sabloski, target Heligoland. Includes orders for window and marking as well as times, navigation data and observations. General column includes comment 'aircraft crashed on target' as well as…
Sortie navigation log - Sterkrade
Details: 51 Squadron, captain W/O Johnson, navigator Sgt Sabloski, date 24.3.45. Includes orders, times, navigation data and observations.
Sortie navigation log - Rheine
Includes times, navigation data and observations. Mentions wave 2. Signed M Sabloski (Sgt).
Sortie navigation log
Details: 578 Squadron, captain W/O Johnson, navigator Sgt Sabloski, date 21.3.45. Includes times, navigation data and observations.
Sortie navigation log
Details: 578 Squadron, aircraft 'LK-V', captain W/O Johnson, navigator Sgt Sabloski, date 11.3.45. Includes navigation data and observations.
Sortie navigation log - Essen
Details: 578 Squadron, aircraft 'LK-V', captain W/O Johnson, navigator Sgt Sabloski, date 11.3.45. Includes orders, times, four pages of navigation data and observations.
Navigators log book
First page with name Sgt Sabloski has grid with log and chart assessment scores for column headed Hamburg, Essen and Dortmund. Next two pages contain geographic coordinates of places in the United Kingdom. Followed by two pages with useful data and…
Sortie navigation log
Logs times, navigation data and observations. Notes master bomber instructions on flare colours, timing and flight deconfliction instructions. Target 53.47, 07.54. Signed F/Sgt Sabloski.
Sortie navigation log
Gives details, 578 Squadron, aircraft 'Q', Captain W/O Johnson, navigator Sgt Sabloski, date 8/3/45, night. Gives times, navigation data and observations. Includes comment 'remain on same course to avoid fighter flares to port'.
Sortie navigation log - Rheine
Logs time, course, navigation observation and other navigation data and calculations. No date, signed M Sabloski (Sgt).
Sortie navigation log
Records times and navigational observations. Notes was 51 Squadron, captain W/O Johnson, navigator Sgt Sabloski date 24.3.45.
M Stratton personnel file document
Typed name is Sablosky, Myer then handwritten 'Stratton Michael'. Gives personal details including that he had non-British parents. Lists postings from 18 March 1942 to September 1946. Mentions training and postings to 578 and 76 Squadron. Only…
Collection Tree
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