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Title
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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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[Underlined] MAISY [/underlined]
DATE 1-6-44 [Underlined] SCRUBBED [/underlined]
[Table of bomb loads]
Ht 6000-9000ft
T.V. 1600
BOMB WEIGHT 13280
ALL UP. WEIGHT. 63020
[Table of Preselect]
ZERO. 0030
WINDOWS. 8 CGC NICKELS. - EFFORT. 50L
TIME TO TARGET. 2245 approx TARGET A.U.W. 63020 TARGET HEIGHT. 60
ROUTE – Base – Reading – Bognor – Target – 4923 x 0103W – 4020 x 0150 -
4935 x 0230W – 5044 x 0256W – Base.
METHOD. Musical Paramatta. Mos’ will drop long burning Red TI bursting at 3000ft on the AP @ H-3 and H-2, Main force A/C should aim their bombs at the centre of all TI’s visible, Main force should be timed to bomb between H-1 and H-5 Marking will be over by H+5
Target illuminated by flares & AP. marked by 2 Red Spot Fires
[Page break]
[Underlined] Other Attacks [/underlined]
1 Gr 100L Dieppe 0230
50L Boulogne 0050
3 Gr 82L Maissy 0130
4 Gr 100H Churbourg 0110
50H Le Havre 0150
5 Gr 50L Sauavier 0115 Angier
6 Gr 100H Au Ferne 0210 Churburg
50H Cap Blanc 0010 Boulogne
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Title
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Bomb aimers briefing 1 June 1944
Description
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Single bomb load for all aircraft with pre-selection settings, route and method. Notes that musical paramatta Mosquito will drop long burning red target indicators. On the reverse a list of other bombing operations by group. Annotated target 'Maisy/Scrubbed'.
Date
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1944-06-01
Format
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Both sides of one 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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SChattertonJ159568v10030, SChattertonJ159568v10031
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--Isigny-sur-Mer
Temporal Coverage
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1944-06-01
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
Mosquito
target indicator
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