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Politz
Target photograph of Politz. Completely obscured by haze or cloud and balls of light. Captioned '5°F', '5B', 4390 SKELL. 8/9.2.45//NT/(C).8". 11000 056° 2117 POLITZ.K. HC4000IN.14MC500DT. 21secs. F/O. BAIN.K.61.'. On the reverse 'F/O. BAIN POLITZ.…
Weight table for squadron aircraft 12 June 1944
Table with tare, petrol, bomb and all up weight with bomb load for all aircraft.
Weight table for squadron aircraft 11 June 1944
Table with tare, petrol, bomb and all up weight with bomb load for two configurations for ten and six aircraft respectively. Annotated 'Caens [sic]'.
Bomb aimers briefing 11 June 1944
Shows several bomb loads with many crossed out. Details preselection an false heights as well as timings, weights, route and aircraft allocated in three time bands, Page is struck through and annotated 'Scrubbed' in large red letters.
Bomb aimers briefing 9 June 1944 - Etampes
Shows two bomb loads for operation and details distributor and preselection settings.
Weight table for squadron aircraft 9 June 1944
Table with tare, petrol, bomb and all up weight with bomb load for two configurations for ten and six aircraft respectively.
Bomb aimers briefing 8 June 1944 - Pontaubault
Shows three bomb loads for operation for four, eight and four aircraft respectively. Details preselection and false height settings as well as weights, timings, route and marking method with bombing instructions. On the reverse wave times.
Weight table for squadron aircraft 8 June 1944
Table with tare, petrol, bomb and all up weight with bomb load for three configurations for four, four and eight aircraft respectively.
Interview with Gilberto Martina
Gilberto Martina reminisces his childhood in Chiusaforte and in the Canal del Ferro area: disrupted schooling, fear of Germans, subsistence farming, saboteurs, and one of his mates being killed by a bomb found in a pile of litter. Stressed how the…
Interview with Giovanni Oderda
Giovanni Oderda recalls the Dogliani bombing on 8 September 1943. He claims that the town was hit because partisans shaved a fascist woman; after the attack Giovanni and his family left the town. He and his brothers ended up in the partisan ranks…
Interview with Celsa Agosto
Celsa Agosto reminisces about her wartime experiences and talks about a relatively quiet existence, until her father was enlisted. Her neighbourhood was then bombed, and a reprisal stormed the town the day after. After that, Celsa did not return…
Interview with Aldo Petrina
Aldo Petrina lived in Capodistria with his family until March 1944. He recalls a day when a German warned his mother that they risk being thrown in a karst sinkhole because they did not speak Slovenian. All the family then moved to Varese, where he…
Interview with Leonardo Gravina
Leonardo Gravina describes his early life in the rural district of the Puglia region, near the towns of Foggia and S. Giovanni Rotondo. He remembers seeing formations of aircraft taking off and landing from an airfield nearby and speaks fondly of an…
Interview with Mariagrazia Sinigo Petrina
Mariagrazia Sinigo Petrina recollects her childhood in Trieste and describes hardships during the war. Her father enlisted in the Italian navy while she lived with her mother and grandmother. She describes how difficult it was to find food and…
Interview with Annamaria De Manzano Vici
Annamaria De Manzano Vici recalls her wartime childhood in Trieste and describes the struggle of her all female family, coping with fear, hunger, and difficulties in finding food supplies. She remembers the run to the public shelter and the terror…
Interview with Sandro Boiocchi
Sandro Boiocchi remembers wartime memories at Travacò, in the Pavia area and mentions various episodes: food shortages; the black market; fascist and German roundups; Pippo flying at night; bombing of bridges; giving shelter to evacuees.He tells how…
Interview with Guido Toccacieli
Guido Toccaceri remembers his wartime experiences as a schoolboy in Milan: the day war broke out; food shortages; his father working at an airfield near Bergamo; train strafing; basements used as makeshift shelters; being evacuated outside Milan,…
Weight table for squadron aircraft 10/11 April 1944
Table with tare, petrol, bomb and all up weights. Shows bomb load for two configurations, the first for main force and the other for five aircraft.
Bombing note
Diary like entry from July 1941. Notes town attacked twice from 10,000 and 8,000 feet and gives results of second attack.
Bomb aimers briefing - Toulouse
Shows three bomb loads for operation. Details preselection and false height settings. Includes timing, weights, Window, effort level, route and marking method.
Weight table for squadron aircraft - 5 April 1944
Table with tare, petrol, bomb and all up weight for three configurations.
Bomb aimers briefing
Annotated 'MINOLS'. Shows four bomb loads for operation. Details preselection, false height and delay settings. Annotated 'Scrubbed' in large red letters. On the reverse some notes.
Weight table for squadron aircraft 29 March 1944
Table with tare, petrol, bomb and all up weights for four different bomb configurations.
Bomb aimers briefing 26 March 1944 - Essen
Shows a single bomb load for operation. details preselection, false height and delay settings. Includes weights, timings, window, route, wave aircraft allocations and timings. Marking method includes Mosquito and other bombing instructions.
Weight table for squadron aircraft 26 March 1944
Table shows tare, petrol, bomb and all up weight for two bomb configurations.