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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.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-03-14
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Chatterton, J
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[Underlined] BOURG LEOPOLD [/underlined]
DATE 11-5-44
AEYOXPRFC JMQL TGS.
[Table of bomb loads]
1250 GALLS Distributor .175
T.V. 1440 1440 1440
[Table of bomb weights and all up weights]
[Table of Preselect]
Flash 16000’ 27 secs.
TIME OFF 2210 ZERO. [deleted] 0005 [/deleted] 0010
WINDOWS. 13 CGC NICKELS NIL. EFFORT. [underlined] 600 approx [/underlined]
TIME TO TARGET. 1 1/2 hrs. TARGET HEIGHT. 165
EFFORT. 210 Lancs – V GP – own marking.
ROUTE - Base – 5210N x 0330E – TARGET [boxed] 5108 x 0517E [/boxed] – 5104N x 0521E
5108N x 0528E – 5210N x 0330E - Base.
170-180°T. METHOD. Yellow TI. proximity markers will be dropped on the centre of the target at Z-8. Flares if necessary & then over marking point – the NE sector will be marked with [underlined] Red Spot Fires [/underlined] & if necessary Red TI. The other marking point – the SW sector will be marked Green spot fires & if necessary Green TI.
NB. Other attacks near our target using Red & Green TI’s. [indecipherable]
[Page break]
40 mls west Lauvain at 0100 hrs. attack with Red & Green TI’s or Yellow & White TI’s.
[Calculations]
Bombing WS & D will be teleprinted as soon as latest forecast wind is known.
This WS & D is to be set directly on to the bombsight by all A/C.
52 Base bomb between headings [deleted] 160°T - 190°T [/deleted] 170 – 180.
|| A.B’s are to aim first bomb in stick at the markers. Release of bombs to be delayed by 1 second. Essential as soon as marker on graticule.
A/B’s to say “GO” Nav to count delay.
[Underlined] Say “GO AND BOMB”. [/underlined]
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Title
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Bomb aimers briefing 11 May 1944
Description
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Shows three bomb loads for squadron. Includes preselection settings, timings, route, target indicators and bombing method. Annotated 'Bourg Leopold'. On the reverse bombing notes.
Date
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1944-05-11
Format
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Two sides of form document filled in
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Service material
Identifier
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SChattertonJ159568v10068, SChattertonJ159568v10069
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Belgium
Belgium--Leopoldsburg
Temporal Coverage
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1944-05-11
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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
target indicator
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