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Bomb aimers briefing 7 February 1945 - Ladbergen
Shows two bomb loads, one for three and the other for seven aircraft. Includes H-hour, weight calculations, preselection and distributor settings and other notes. On the reverse, objective 'to destroy enemy waterway and disrupt comms'. Includes…
Bomb aimers briefing 2 January 1945 - Karlsruhe
Indicates two bomb loads for the operation, one for nine aircraft the other for nine as well. Includes H-hour, preselection and distributor settings and other notes. Annotated with weight calculations. On the reverse: objective; 'To burn and destroy…
Bomb aimers briefing 11 April 1945 - Merseburg
Shows two bomb loads for operation. Shows preselection, distributor, false height and other settings as well as H-hour and other details. On the reverse; objective 'complete destruction of synthetic oil plant'. Followed by target marking details…
Bomb aimers briefing 10 April 1945 - Leipzig
Shows two bomb loads for eight and three aircraft respectively. Includes H-hour, preselection , false height and distributor settings as well as other bombing information. On the reverse; objective 'to destroy concentration of rolling stock,…
Bomb aimers briefing 8 April 1945 - Lützkendorf oil refinery
Specifies two bomb loads for thirteen and seven aircraft. Includes H-hour preselection, distributor and false height settings and other details. On the reverse marking and tactics, bombing details, camera settings as well as other details and…
Bomb aimers briefing 7 April 1945 - Mob[..] s[..]niz (Molbis Benzene plant)
Indicates two bomb loads for fourteen and seven aircraft respectively. States H-hour and details preselection, distributor and false height settings as well as other details. On the reverse; objective 'to destroy distillation plant (benzene)'.…
Bomb aimers briefing 4 April 1945 - Nordhausen
States objective 'To destroy Nazi and military personnel evacuated from Berlin and housed in the town area'. H-hour '0915'. Includes two bomb loads for thirteen and six aircraft respectively. Details preselection, distributor and false height…
Part of bomb aimers briefing
Includes just preselection settings
Bomb aimers briefing 21-22 March 1945 - Hamburg
States H hour '0405' Details preselection, distributor and false height settings and other details. On the reverse; marking and tactics including Mosquito and Wanganui, bombing details, Window, camera settings and other information and instructions.
Bomb aimers briefing 23 March 1945 - Wesel
States H-hour '2235'. Indicates two bomb loads for six and six aircraft respectively. Shows preselection, distributor, false height and other weapon settings. Some weight calculations in the left margin. On the reverse; marking and tactics including…
Bomb aimers briefing 20 March 1945 - Bohlen synthetic oil
H-hour stated as '0345'. Shows two bomb loads for seven and nine aircraft respectively. Details preselection, distributor, false height and other weapon settings. Weight calculations in the top margin and three aircraft are annotated with 'X'. On the…
Bomb aimers briefing 6 December 1944 - Giessen
Indicates a single bomb load but with two sets of preselection settings. Start and stop points for Window and other minor details. On the reverse timings, marking details and bombing instructions. Includes details on window dropping by aircraft.…
Statistics form
Unit 44 Squadron, Lancaster Mk III. Filled in for all other flying 18 day and 5 night. Page is scribbled over with lines.
Operations order 31 October 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on 1 November 1944. Fourth member of each crew is underlined and most are ticked. One crew is struck through and also has two crew members replaced. Include reserve crew as well as duty personnel.
Hedge-hop men honoured and VC for the leader
Details about the operation on the MAN u-boat engine factory in Augsburg and the decorations awarded to the crew members.
Augsburg bombing
A letter from No 10 Downing Street to air officer commanding-in-chief, Bomber Command, complimenting the RAF on their success in bombing Augsburg.
Bomb aimers briefing 28 October 1944 - Bergen
Shows two bomb loads, one for ten and the other for nine aircraft respectively. Details weights, preselection and false height and other information. On the reverse; jettison restrictions, target marking tactics and timings as well as bombing…
New crew initial drill and flying check list
For new crew, captain Pilot Officer Gowing copy to Wing Commander Thompson. Form for all arrival drills and flying checks all ticked as completed. Signed by examining officer. 44 Squadron.
Operations order 8 October 1944
Lists crews and aircraft for operations on 8 October 1944. Fourth member of each crew is underlined and ticked. Included timings and duty personnel. On the reverse Section "B" Sub-Section IV. Signals. W/T failure during flight - procedure to be…
Bomb aimers notes
Notes include marking, briefing times, H2s set up, weights, bombing heights and target marking plan. Continues with bad weather plan, use of H2S, fighter escort details and aiming instructions.
Weight table for aircraft
Table with headings for a/c, tare weight, petrol, bomb weight, all up weight and bomb load. Not filled in.
Bomb aimers briefing 30 July 1944 - Cohagnes
Shows two bomb loads, one for three aircraft and the other for 'Main'. Details distributor, preselection and false height settings as well as weights, bombing heights and timings. At the bottom three waves with five, four and four aircraft…
Weight table for squadron aircraft 7 May 1944
Table with tare, petrol, bomb and all up weights with bomb load for three different configuraions.
Weight table for squadron aircraft 29 June 1944
Table with tare weight, petrol, bomb and all up weights and bomb load for a single configuration for all aircraft
Weight table for squadron aircraft 16 June 1944
Table with tare weight, petrol, bomb and all up weights and bomb load for two configurations, one for four aircraft and the other for the rest (Main).