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Navigation log
Time based navigators log of operation to Bochum on 13 May 1943 completed by navigator Sergeant Bush.
Next of kin Lancaster JB670 'Q' - 16 December 1943
Details of names and next of kin with addresses of the crew of Lancaster JB670 including Charles Reginald Jaques.
Ninth operation Trondheim
Brief notes describing operation.
Note on prisoner of war experience
List events including march, location of camps and other events.
Notes on RAF Foulsham
Squadron Leader A N Banks, Station Intelligence officer, RAF Foulsham notes that the station was engaged on special duties with two squadrons, one of Halifax and the other Mosquito. Halifax was used for dropping window and the Mosquito with radio…
Ode to the skies - up there
24 lines of a poem about flying, signed by Peter Hattersley
Operation order 20 February 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 20/21 February 1945. Fourth crew member in each crew is underlined in red. Right hand crew in second row is crossed out. Includes reserves and duty personnel.
Operation to bomb German targets
Bombing a tank factory at Hanover. Marshalling yards at Munster. Benzol plants near Huls and Dortmund. Warning to civilians and foreign workers at Frankfurt-on-Main and Mannheim-Ludwigshafen. Captioned '17.3.45'.
Operation to Essen
Account of attack on the Pluto Benzol Plant at Gelsenkirchen. Alma Pluto Benzol Plant Gelsenkirchen is underlined. Captioned '23.2.45'.
Operation to Farge
Account of 10 ton bomb attack on U-boat shelters at Farge and another attack on Konigsborn and Sachsen benzol plants. Benzol plants and Hamm is underlined. Captioned '27.3.45'.
Operation to Gelsenkirchen
Account of Lancaster attack on the Nordstern benzol plant Gelsenkirchen escorted by Spitfires and Mustangs. Captioned '28.2.45'.
Operation to Gelsenkirchen
Account of Lancasters bombing benzol plant near Gelsenkirchen. Spitfire's dropped bombs on railway trucks. Benzol plant and Gelsenkirchen is underlined. captioned '5.3.45'.
Operation to Kamen and Linz
Account of attack on synthetic oil plant at Kamen and Linz. Synthetic oil plant and Kamen underlined. Captioned '24-2-45'
Operation to Mannheim and Kamen
Account of Mannheim and Kamen daylight operations. Kamen is underlined. Captioned '1.3.45'.
Operation to the Rhine
Account of bombing targets near Paderborn and Bielefeld, benzol plants at Scholven and Osterfeld. Osterfeld is underlined. Pinpoint attack on targets. Captioned '22-2-45'.
Operation to the Ruhr
Account of bombing synthetic oil plant at Dortmund. Synthetic oil plant and Dortmund is underlined.
Captioned '26-2-45'.
Captioned '26-2-45'.
Operation to Wanne-Eickel
Concise account of marshalling yards at Wanne-Eickel. Marshalling yards and Wanne-Eickel is underlined. Captioned '4.3.45'.
Operations order 1 August 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations 1 August 1944. Includes three standby crews and duty crew. Notes that duties are as per Detail Serial 136/44. Duty crew on 136/44 is to be cancelled.
Operations order 1 January 1945
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on night 1/2 January 1945. Fourth member of each crew is underlined in green and ticked. Includes duty personnel.
Operations order 1 June 1944 first version
Lists crews and aircraft for operations and standby as well as duty personnel and timings. Indicated training programme for 2 June will be same as for 1 June. Annotated 'Maisy, Scrubbed'.
Operations order 10 August 1944
Lisr crews and aircraft for operations on nigh 10/11 August 1944. Includes four standby crews and duty personnel. The fourth member of each crew is underlined and some crews are ticked.
Operations order 10 March 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for opetaions 10/11 March 1944. Fourth member of each crew is ticked. Includes briefing times and duty personnel.
Operations order 10 October 1944
Part 1 lists eight crews and aircraft for operations on 11 October 1944. Part 2 lists five crews and aircraft as well as a reserve crew. Includes duty personnel and actions if there were no operations.
Operations order 11 April 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations 11/12 April 1945. One crew member for some crews is ticked. Includes duty personnel. Standby crew 1 is annotated 'K'.
Operations order 11 November 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on 11/12 November 1944. One member of each crew is underlined. Includes duty personnel.