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Chatterton, John. 44 Squadron operations order book
Description
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Collection consists of 521 items which are mostly Operations orders, aircraft load and weight tables and bomb aimers briefings for 44 Squadron operations between January 1944 and April 1945. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by M J Chatterton and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />This collection also contains items concerning Dewhurst Graaf and his crew, and Donald Neil McKechnie and his crew. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/109020/">Dewhurst Graaf</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/115642/">Donald Neil McKechnie</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-03-14
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
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Chatterton, J
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CAP GRIS NEZ
DATE 2-6-44
[Table of bomb loads]
Distributor 15 yds
T.V. 1600
BOMB WEIGHT 13280
ALL UP. WEIGHT. 63020
[Table of Preselect]
ZERO. 0140
WINDOWS. NIL NICKELS. - EFFORT. 60L
TARGET HEIGHT. [Deleted] 90 [/deleted] 150ft
ROUTE – Base – Debden 5159 x 0016E – 5103 x 0105– Target [deleted] 502 [/deleted] Target =
5042 x 0150 – 5030 x 0140 – Hastings – Debden – Base.
METHOD. Mos’ will drop green and red TI bursting at 5000 and burning for 6 mins @ H-3 and H-2, Main force should aim at center of all TI irrespective of their colour,
Controller will pass bombing W S & D to main force at H-5 no false bombing vector employed.
[Boxed] 5 Light 30 heavy 25 S/L [/boxed]
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Title
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Bomb aimers briefing 2 June 1944
Description
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Shows single bomb load with pre-selection settings, route and method. Notes that Mosquito will drop red and green target indicators. Annotated 'Cap Griz Nez'.
Date
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1944-06-02
Format
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Single page form document partially filled in
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Service material
Identifier
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SChattertonJ159568v10027
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Atlantic Ocean--English Channel
France
France--Pas-de-Calais
Temporal Coverage
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1944-06-02
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
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Anne-Marie Watson
aircrew
bomb aimer
bombing
briefing
Master Bomber
Mosquito
target indicator