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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
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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Chatterton, J
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PUA
DATE 2-8-44
12hr. (12hr)
OKQH FZBT PUA XGJ (6hr)
[Table of bomb loads]
PETROL 1400
DISTRIBUTOR 15 YDS.
T.V. 1600 1600 1600
BOMB WEIGHT [Deleted] 6 13,580 [/deleted] 13,520
[Table of Weights and Preselect]
[Table of aircraft heights]
TIME OFF 1130 E.T.R. 1610. ZERO. 1400 H+1.
WINDOWS. 15 bundles. [missing word] G from PT. D. NICKELS. NIL
TIME TO TARGET. 2hrs. TARGET A.U.W. 62,000lbs. TARGET HEIGHT. [deleted] 70FT. [/deleted] 250FT
[Calculations]
[Page break]
Z3247
Red TI. cascading from 5000’ – burning 7 minutes. H-4, 3 & 2.
Crews are to aim visually if possible, using the Oboe markers as a guide on the run in. Failing visual identification bombs are to be aimed at the marker if these can be seen. All A/B’s to carry a photo of the target.
No orbitting [sic] at the Δ.
Bombing wind H-5
S/C over Coningsby 9-12000’.
Leading A/C will fire verrys at 10 min. intervals to English Coast & Posn B.
Arrive H+1.
[Table of aircraft heights]
[Boxed] Miss as good as a mile [/boxed]
[Boxed] Jettisoning [/boxed]
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Title
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Bomb aimers briefing 2 August 1944
Description
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Shows three bomb loads for four, four and three aircraft respectively. Details distributor, preselection and false height settings as well as Window and time to target. On the reverse marking plan and bombing instructions. List aircraft letters with heights.
Date
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1944-08-02
Format
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Two sides front form document partially filled in on the reverse handwritten
Language
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eng
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Text
Text. Service material
Identifier
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SChattertonJ159568v10516, SChattertonJ159568v10517
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Temporal Coverage
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1944-08-02
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
Oboe
target indicator
Window