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A planning chart used for an operation to Dortmund, with handwritten annotations.

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A planning chart for an operationto a target close to Duisburg, with handwritten annotations.

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A planning chart for an operation from Mepal to Dusseldorf. On the reverse is a sketch of a face.

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A planning chart used on an operation to Essen, with handwritten annotations.

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A planning chart with a route from Mepal to Le Havre plotted on. On the reverse are two sketches of the area to be bombed.

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A planning chart for an operation to Le Havre. On the front are handwritten annotations and on the reverse a sketch of the target.

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A palnning chart for an operation to Le Havre. On the front are handwritten annotations and on the reverse 'Waterbeach' and 'F/L 6-65000'

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A planning chart for an operation to the west-north-west of Essen.

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A planning chart for a route from Mepal to Saarbrucken. On the reverse are lists of latitude and longitudes.

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A planning chart used for an operation to Stuttgart, with handwritten annotations

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A planning chart used for mine laying in the Kattegat, off Denmark.

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A planned route from Mepal to Flushing, with handwritten annotations.

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A planning chart from Mepal to Westkapelle. On the front are calculations and on the reverse a sketch of the target.

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A planning chart for an operation to Bonn, originating at Waterbeach and ending at Mepal with handwritten annotations.

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A planning chart used for a route from Waterbeach to Cologne then Mepal

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A planning chart from Waterbeach to Duisburg then returning to Mepal. On the reverse are annotations about heights and the use of window.

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A planning chart for an operation to Emmerich starting at Waterbeach and ending at Mepal. Both sides have handwritten annotations.

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A planning chart for the route from Waterbeach to Essen then Mepal, with handwritten annotations.

SHookKG195765v10074-0002.pdf
These recollections and reflections were written by Patricia Hook, Ken's wife, who was a WAAF in the operations room at RAF Mepal. They are all very similar, concentrating primarily on the Stirling crash in December 1943, where Ken was the only…

MCloddLGT1219816-160405-01.pdf
Corporal Leslie Clodd enrolled on 16 November 45 at RAF Mepal and that he had undertaken a course 'Motor Engineering at Robinson's garage, Cambridge'. Contains a record of monthly progress reports.

PWeedenRC17020003.jpg
Full length image of an airman wearing parachute harness, battledress and side cap carrying a cloth bag with one foot on the steps to rear fuselage door of a Lancaster. Submitted with caption 'Reg Weeden entering Bomber - RAF Mepal 1944' On the…

PWeedenRC17020005.jpg
An airman wearing parachute harness and flying helmet sitting at navigator station inside a bomber. Submitted with caption 'Reg Weeden at Navigator Stn. Lancaster - RAF Mepal 1944'.

LWeedenRC153661v1.pdf
Flying log book for aircrew other than pilot for R C Weeden, navigator, covering the period from 27 May 1943 to 31 January 1948. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and post war flying with 35 squadron. He was stationed at RCAF Malton,…

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Target photograph of Siegen. Cloud or smoke obscures all ground detail. It is annotated "3B" and captioned: "2547 MEP. 16.12.44//7" 17,500. 027º 1500 SIGEN [sic]. F 1HC4000IN. 5MC1000DT. 4ANM64DT. C34 SECS. F/S O'MALLEY. J.75
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