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SChattertonJ159568v10091.jpg
Shows two bomb loads for squadron. Includes preselection settings, heights, Window, method with bombing notes including target marking by Mosquito on the reverse.

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A duplicated sheet for the bomb aimer to fill in with details of his bomb load. On the reverse notes about the Target Indicators.

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Shows two bomb loads with one crossed out and the other indicated for all aircraft. Details spacing, false height and preselection settings as well as Window, weights, timings, route and heights. At the bottom target latitude and longitude. On the…

SChattertonJ159568v10623.jpg
Lists aircraft in three waves with H+ timings, time to target, false target heights and bombing point.

SChattertonJ159568v10401.jpg
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.

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Headed 'Western' details marking and aiming points, target illumination, broadcasts wind and main force bombing instruction. Headed 'Eastern'. Details marking point, action by selected crews, target illumination, Mosquito marking, action if…

SChattertonJ159568v10529.jpg
Notes on attack of unnamed target. Notes 'Spits 11 Gp'. Stress own forward troops - accuracy of bombing. Covers marking and specific bombing instructions. Warns that crews are not to release unless they can see markers or positively identify target…

PWilsonH1508.jpg
Reconnaissance photograph at low level of goods yard with significant bomb damage with craters and destroyed buildings throughout. A drained canal runs top to bottom with large barge aground against quay and another smaller pair tied together at top.…

PBaxterPD16020044.jpg
Four photographs of damage to German cities taken on two of the 'Cooks Tours' flown by no 153 Squadron.

The first has the caption 'T3 SCM 30.5.45//7" HAMM 2,000'. F/LT LANGFORD C.153 and shows Hamm railway marshalling yard with tracks running from…

PMcDermottC16100006.pdf
13 photographs showing bomb damage and aircraft.
Three photographs of Dortmund residential areas. Only skeletons of buildings are remaining.
Heavily bombed Krupp works
Four bombs in flight
Hamm Railway bridge. In the foreground is the destroyed…

PCothliffKB15110075.jpg
A damaged concrete bunker described as 'Sautrecourt 2008' in additional information supplied with the collection. This is likely to be Siracourt which was visited in 2008.

PWoodhallSpaCM1703.jpg
First is Station Road and the second is Tattershall Road from the Mall. On the night of 16/17 August two parachute mines were dropped destroying the Royal Hydro Hotel and Winter Garden.

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SSandersJA1437279v20097.jpg
Top - view up a road with damaged church at the end and destroyed buildings either side. Captioned 'Berlin Tauentzienstraue'.
Middle - Row of two destroyed buildings. Building on the right has many columns.
Bottom - view down road with destroyed…

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PPritchardA1718.jpg
Nine images of a bombed town.
Information supplied with the collection states -
Photo 1 Housing, Etampes 10/6/44
Photo 2 Railway, Etampes 10/6/44
Photo 3 Railway, Etampes 10/6/44
Photo 4 Railway, Etampes 10/6/44
Photo 5 Eglise St Gilles…

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Map of bomb damage of Hamburg, scale 1:12500. Damaged buildings are coloured red or blue.

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View of city centre with many badly damaged buildings as well as some completely destroyed.

Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.

PCavalierRG17010016.jpg
Photographs 1, 3 and 5 show damage to buildings on the riverside.
Photograph 2 is a low level oblique photograph of Cologne, with bomb damaged Hohenzollern Bridge.
Photograph 4 is a low level oblique photograph of Wesel with bomb damaged…

PCavalierRG17010015.jpg
Photograph 1 is a street scene of damaged building with a girl cycling. Captioned 'Krefield, [sic] Germany 5 Aug 1945.'
Photograph 2 is a low level oblique photograph of a badly damaged city. In the distance are port cranes.
Photograph 3 and 5 are…

PCheshireGL18100027.jpg
Bomb-site with two figures in distance, and building on left.

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PCheshireGL18100028.jpg
Bomb damaged street with buildings on the right. A one legged man on crutches bottom right and a woman in dark coat to his left. On the left in the foreground a bare tree.

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PHenningtonAJM17010005.jpg
An oblique aerial photograph of a town destroyed by bombing. The starboard wing of an aircraft obscures the bottom of the image.

PCheshireGL18100026.jpg
Bomb-site with person in foreground.

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PWoodC1608.jpg
Unidentified aerial oblique photograph of a damaged urban area and large marshalling yard. Captioned 'J/83'.

PCavalierRG17010018.jpg
Photographs 1, 2 and 4 are of airmen standing and sitting on a V-1 launch ramp.
Photographs 3, 5 and 6 are of airmen standing on the badly damaged concrete protection at the site.
Photograph 7 is of four airmen standing in a large bomb…

PGrundyAF15010038.jpg
Target photograph showing coast running bottom left to top right with sea to the right. In the centre a bomb explosion in the sea.
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