Operations order 1 May 1944

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Title

Operations order 1 May 1944
Operation and training detail for 1/2 May 1944 Serial 53/44

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Lists crews and aircraft for operations 1/2 May 1944. Includes duty personnel. Annotated with heights for each aircraft and handwritten notes. One member of each crew underlined in red. On the reverse handwritten calculations.

Date

1944-05-01

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Two sides of document, typewritten on front and handwritten on back

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SChattertonJ159568v10086, SChattertonJ159568v10087

Transcription

[Underlined] NO. 44 (RHODESIA) SQUADRON. 1st MAY, 1944. [/underlined]
[Underlined] OPERATIONAL AND TRAINING DETAIL FOR 1/2.5.44.
Serial No. 53/44. [/underlined]
[Handwritten note] 6000 [/handwritten note]
[Underlined] ND.741.K. [/underlined]
S/L. Hunter.
Sgt Cooper.
F/O. Greenwood.
[Handwritten underlined RED] F/O. Willis. [/handwritten underlined RED]
Sgt. Salmon.
P/O. Miles.
P/O. Alexander.
[Underlined] ND.869.M. [/underlined] [handwritten note] 7750 [/handwritten note]
[handwritten note – deleted] 6250 [/handwritten note – deleted]
F/O. SMITH.
Sgt. Bennett.
F/S. Farren.
P/O. McCallum.
Sgt. Hussey.
Sgt. Prowse.
Sgt. Dack.
[Underlined] ND.519.E. [/underlined]
[handwritten note – deleted] 6000 [/handwritten note – deleted]
[handwritten note] 7500 [/handwritten note]
P/O. STRATIS.
Sgt. Haly.
Sgt. Stancer.
[Handwritten underlined RED] Sgt. Hawkes. [/handwritten underlined RED]
F/S. Knight.
Sgt. Page.
Sgt. Roe.
[Underlined] ND.741.J. [/underlined]
[handwritten note] 6150 [/handwritten note]
F/S. Binion.
F/S. Brindle.
Sgt. Kennedy.
[Handwritten underlined RED] F/S. Hebhard. [/handwritten underlined RED]
Sgt. Stroud.
Sgt. Mucalchuk.
Sgt. Knox.
[Underlined] ME.743.G. [/underlined]
[handwritten note] 6500 [/handwritten note]
P/O. Merrick.
Sgt. Carling.
F/O. Poulter.
[Handwritten underlined RED] F/O. Bartlett. [/handwritten underlined RED]
Sgt. Dickenson.
Sgt. Warll.
Sgt. Thomas.
[Underlined] EE.185.A. [/underlined]
[handwritten note] 8000 [/handwritten note]
W/O. Nolan.
Sgt. Charlton.
F/S. Milton.
[Handwritten underlined RED] P/O. Blake. [/handwritten underlined RED]
Sgt. Boreham.
Sgt. Crook.
Sgt. Higgins.
[Underlined] ND.517.U. [/underlined]
[handwritten note] 6500 [/handwritten note]
F/O. Bradburn.
Sgt. Jones.
P/O. Norman.
[Handwritten underlined RED] P/O. Gillard. [/handwritten underlined RED]
Sgt. Woolley.
P/O. Lloyd.
P/O. Clarke.
= F/O. Balsdon.
[Underlined] ME.634.P. [/underlined]
[handwritten note] 6000 [/handwritten note]
F/O. Stephenson.
Sgt. Langford.
F/S. Airey.
[Handwritten underlined RED] F/S. Wilson. [/handwritten underlined RED]
Sgt. Robinson.
F/S. Dooley.
P/O. White.
+F/O. Clubb.
[Underlined] ND.689.O. [/underlined]
[handwritten note] 6750 [/handwritten note]
P/O. Hobbs.
Sgt. Hall.
Sgt. Fenwick.
[Handwritten underlined RED] W/O. Scott. [/handwritten underlined RED]
Sgt. Garnsey.
Sgt. Wright.
Sgt. Ingram.
[Underlined] ND.578.Y. [/underlined]
[handwritten note] 8000 [/handwritten note]
F/O. Hough.
Sgt. Hoar.
Sgt. Priestley.
[Handwritten underlined RED] Sgt. Singer. [/handwritten underlined RED]
Sgt. Nichols.
Sgt. Anderson.
Sgt. Hanna.
[Underlined] ME.699.T. [/underlined]
[handwritten note] 6750 [/handwritten note]
F/S. Young.
Sgt. Robinson.
F/O. Wareham.
[Handwritten underlined RED] Sgt. Wainwright. [/handwritten underlined RED]
Sgt. Jackson.
Sgt. Rennie.
Sgt. Routledge.
[Underlined] ND.698/ [deleted] G [/deleted].Q. [/underlined]
[handwritten note] 7000 [/handwritten note]
F/S. Price.
Sgt. Newbiggin.
F/S. O’Connor.
[Handwritten underlined RED] Sgt. Nicholls. [/handwritten underlined RED]
Sgt. Callander.
Sgt. Heald.
Sgt. Doyle.
[Underlined] LL.938.S. [/underlined]
[handwritten note] 7750 [/handwritten note]
P/O. Graaff.
Sgt. Critchley.
F/O. Hildrew.
[Handwritten underlined RED] Sgt. Gibberson. [/handwritten underlined RED]
Sgt. Burke.
Sgt. Payne.
Sgt. Hore.
[Underlined] STANDBY CREW. [/underlined]
[handwritten note] 7000 “X” [/handwritten note]
F/O. Smith.
Sgt. Barber.
F/O. Calder.
[Handwritten underlined RED] Sgt. Steele. [/handwritten underlined RED]
Sgt. Bozier.
Sgt. Blackie.
Sgt. Brett.
[Underlined] STANDBY CREW. [/underlined] [handwritten note] P-619 [/handwritten note]
[handwritten note] 7250 [/handwritten note]
F/S. Baxter.
Sgt. Betterton.
F/S. Rutherford.
[Handwritten underlined RED] F/S. Young. [/handwritten underlined RED]
F/S. Scholes.
Sgt. Taylor.
Sgt. Whitfield.
[Underlined] STANDBY CREW.F [/underlined]
[handwritten note] 7500 [/handwritten note]
P/O. Davey.
Sgt. Legge.
F/S. Foreman.
[Handwritten underlined RED] Sgt. Jacobs. [/handwritten underlined RED]
Sgt. Nutty.
F/S. Holland.
Sgt. Carter.
[Underlined] STANDBY CREW. [/underlined]
[handwritten note] 7500 (619)”U” [/handwritten note]
F/S. Ibbotson.
Sgt. Worrall.
F/S. Greatz.
[Handwritten underlined RED] F/S. Murray. [/handwritten underlined RED]
Sgt. Andrews.
Sgt. Whitehand.
Sgt. Wells.
[Underlined] DUTY CREW. [/underlined]
W/O. Pass. i/c.
Sgt. De’ath.
Sgt. Walters.
F/S. White.
Sgt. Burns.
Sgt. O’Neill.
[underlined] BRIEFING:- [/UNDERLINED]
[handwritten note] F.Planning – 1630.
NAVIGATORS & SPEC. [handwritten note] 1800 [/handwritten note]
CAPTAINS. [handwritten note] [deleted] 1900 [/deleted] 1830 [/handwritten note]
MAIN. [handwritten note] 1900. [/handwritten note]
+ 2nd Navigator.
= 2nd Pilot.
[handwritten note] 16seen – 6000
17 – 7000
18 – 8000
19 – 9000
21 – 10000
6000 K.MJ.P
7000 GUOQX.T. P&U (619)
8000 EAYS F.
17 secs Photos. [/handwritten note]
Officer i/c Night Flying: S/Ldr. Cockbain.
Duty Flight Engineer.: To be detailed.
Duty Electricians.: LAC. Drater. LAC. Roberts.
Duty Photos: Sgt White.
Duty Signals.: Cpl Russell. LAC. Maclay.
Duty Armourers.: Cpl Munro.
Duty Flight N.C.O’s. : Sgts. Sorrington (A). Sgt. Fallon. (B)
Duty Clerk.: AC Codd.
[Signature] E O Collcutt [/signature] F/Lt.
Wing Commander, Commanding,
[Underlined] No.44 (Rhodesia) Squadron. [/underlined]
[page break]
[handwritten notes]
[underlined] 1800 galls [/underlined]
[calculations]
41,100
[underlined] 12,960 [/underlined]
54,060
[underlined] 11040 [/underlined]
[double underlined] 65,100 [/double underlined]
ADD 1 x 100.0 DROP 1 x500
12x500 – 6000
1x1000 1040 [sic]
[underlined] 1x4000 4000[/underlined]
11,040 [double underlined] 11040 [/double underlined]
[double underlined] 65,600 [/double underlined]
3 A/C DROP 1000 lbs. Y.S.A.
[double underlined] K.P [/double underlined] INCEND 1x4000
1x4000
10x12x30
5x16x30
[underlined] 2x8x30 [/underlined]
[double underlined] 64,292 [/double underlined]
4000
1x4000 4000
2x1000 2000
11x500 [underlined] 5500 [/underlined]
11,500
[circled] 9x500
3x1000 [/circled] 7500
[circled] 619
U.P F.A [/circled]
Y.S.A
1x4000
1x1000
[underlined] 11x500 [/underlined]
10540
11500
[underlined] 500 [/underlined]
6500
U.P.619 F.
1x4000
4x1000
[underlined] 8x500 [/underlined]
[double underlined] 12,000 [/double underlined]
[underlined] 160 [/underlined]
[double underlined] 12,160 [/double underlined]
A
1x4000 40
2x1000 160
[underlined] 10x500 [/underlined]
11800
4000
3000
[underlined] 4500 [/underlined]
11,500
[underlined] 120 [/underlined]

Citation

E O Collcutt and Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Operations order 1 May 1944,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/7158.

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