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44 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF on operations
Map shows Holland, Belgium and West Germany outlined in red. Caption with title and 'An operational record and roll of honour' at top. Table of figures in black at upper left. A route in black is marked through Holland to Germany and return.
44 Squadron and the Wesserling Raid 21/22 June 1944
Six page document courtesy of the late Allen White - 44 Squadron Historian. Reproduces narratives from three 44 Squadron crews involved in the operation. Overall the operation lost 37 crews from 120 launched against Wesserling oil refinery near…
44 Squadron crest
Squadron crest with elephant and 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron Royal Air Force, motto 'fulmina regis iusta'.
44 Squadron Operations Order book cover
Hard book cover annotated 'Secret' with label '44 Squadron Briefing Reports'.
44 Squadron Personnel Occurrence Reports - Airmen RAF
Contains lists of promotions, movements and movement corrections for airmen on 44 Squadron.
Aircraft
Left page - top left - head on view of a parked Lincoln. Captioned 'Avro Lincoln'. Top right - side view of a parked four engine bomber. Both top images captioned 'KM-J, 44 (Rhodesia) Sq, RAF Mildenhall'. Bottom left 'front quarter view of a parked…
Aircrew and other people
Left page - top left - an large group of aircrew, two rows sitting and one standing, all wearing battledress with side or peaked caps on grass in front of a Nissen hut. Captioned '44 (Rhodesia) Squadron flight engineers RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire, Nr…
Aircrew briefing, Lincolns and men on the beach
Four photographs on an album page.
Photo 1 is a group of airmen sitting at tables, captioned 'Briefing for return trip'.
Photo 2 is of five Lincoln aircraft captioned 'Awaiting T.O. for Castle Benito'.
Photo 3 and 4 are two photographs cut in…
Photo 1 is a group of airmen sitting at tables, captioned 'Briefing for return trip'.
Photo 2 is of five Lincoln aircraft captioned 'Awaiting T.O. for Castle Benito'.
Photo 3 and 4 are two photographs cut in…
Aircrew parade order 14 December 1943
Base commander's inspection and parade order for all aircrew to parade outside their respective messes and details 11 squads.
Arthur Tindall's service and operations
A list of aircraft, operations and details of each operation undertaken by Arthur Tindall.
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.
Bill Spence
Head and shoulders portrait of an airman wearing tunic with bomb aimers half brevet. Submitted with caption 'Black and white head and shoulders portrait photograph of WD Spence in uniform, showing a Bomb aimer’s brevet'.
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Bomb aimers brief 23 April 1945 - Flensburg
Indicates one bomb load and includes time on target, preselection settings, distributor settings, some handwritten calculations and code words. On the reverse; marking and tactics, notes, bombing, Window and other 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 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 11 March 1945 - Essen
Indicates a single bomb load for operations on 11 March 1945. Includes time on target, preselection settings, false height settings and other notes. Annotated '146 of 5 Group and 800 a/c of other Groups'. On the reverse marking and tactics including…
Bomb aimers briefing 12 March 1945 - Dortmund
Indicates two bomb loads for squadron. Includes preselection settings and on the reverse brief target marking note, bombing height and heading and camera settings.
Bomb aimers briefing 13 February 1945 - Dresden
Indicates two bomb loads, one for six aircraft the second for seven. Includes H-hour, weight calculations, preselection and distributor settings, heights and false height settings and other notes. On the reverse, objective 'to burn an enemy…
Bomb aimers briefing 14 February 1945 - Rositz synthetic oil plant
Indicates two bomb loads, one for five aircraft and the second for ten. Includes H-hour, preselection and distributor settings, heights and false height settings and other notes. Annotated with wieght calculations. Routing instructions at the bottom.…
Bomb aimers briefing 14 March 1945 Lutzendorf Oil Facility
Indicates two bomb loads, one for six aircraft the other for ten. Includes preselection settings, distributor settings, aircraft heights and false height settings and some bombing notes. On the reverse Marking and tactics including by Mosquito,…
Bomb aimers briefing 16 April 1945 - Pilzen
Indicates two bomb loads. Includes time on target '0400', preselection settings, and false height settings. On the reverse; marking and tactics, bombing details, Window, camera, navigation notes and other details.
Bomb aimers briefing 16/17 March 1945 - Wurtzburg
Indicated two bomb loads, one for five aircraft the other for eight. Includes preselection settings and time on target. On the reverse; Marking and tactics (including by Mosquito), bombing details, Window, camera, navigation and other details.
Bomb aimers briefing 19 February 1945 - Bohlen synthetic fuel plant
Indicates two bomb loads, one for seven aircraft the other for eleven. Includes H-hour, weights, preselection and distributor settings, Heights and false height settings and other notes. Annotated with weight calculation. On the reverse; objective…
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 20 February 1945 - Gravenhorst
Indicates two bomb loads, one for six aircraft the other for five. Includes preselection and distributor settings, H-hour, false height settings and other notes. On the reverse marking and tactics notes including Mosquito marking. bombing details,…