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11th April 2021, 23:06

JDCAVE started a thread F/O Lucas AFC in General Category

Dad served with a F/O Lucas AFC, I believe he served with him at RAF Woodley No. 10 F.I.S. I have no additional information on him except that I...

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11th April 2021, 22:26

JDCAVE started a thread Instructors' Handbook of Advanced Flying Training. in General Category

I was just going through my dad's "things" and found his copy of Instructors' Handbook of Advanced Flying Training, dated May 1943. Stamped on the...

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11th April 2021, 15:53

JDCAVE replied to a thread Cologne, March 2, 1945. Film footage of the raid. in General Category

Thanks for those times, Steve. I should have added "Cologne" to my 2nd to last sentence: "only 15 aircraft bombed the specified Target Area in ...

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11th April 2021, 03:39

JDCAVE started a thread Cologne, March 2, 1945. Film footage of the raid. in General Category

On March 2, 1945 Bomber Command undertook a daylight raid to Cologne. Dad was on this raid. 5-Group's only participation was to send a film unit...

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10th April 2021, 18:56

JDCAVE replied to a thread 7 (P) AFU in the UK. in General Category

Further to this, the 3 (P) AFU was located at South Cerney, Gloucestershire. Dad flew Oxford II, exclusively while he was there, Feb-April, 1944. I...

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10th April 2021, 18:45

JDCAVE replied to a thread Lancaster - a cone-shaped tube below the front turret in General Category

I’m pretty sure that dad talked about the subject of “heat” in a Lancaster, that it emanated from the wireless operator’s station. The WOP was always...

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10th April 2021, 04:05

JDCAVE replied to a thread Lancaster - a cone-shaped tube below the front turret in General Category

Page 39 of Avro Lancaster Owner’s manual. Haynes RAF. Part 8, It’s a “ventilator”, so, yes, a vent of some sort. I sent you a photo by email. ...

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7th April 2021, 15:26

JDCAVE replied to a thread Air 14/827 Daylight operations: No 5 Group instructions in General Category

Sorry to be a PITA, but I'm bumping this again for attention. It seems this may be an important document on the evolution of daylight raids in...

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5th April 2021, 02:34

JDCAVE replied to a thread Help with this reference in General Category

...Yes, it's definitely a useful source since it provides updates to the Cabinet on Bomber Command operations and describes the outcomes of the...

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5th April 2021, 02:04

JDCAVE replied to a thread Help with this reference in General Category

Thanks Dave. I'll check that out. I think it may also be the Cabinet War Memoranda: ...

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5th April 2021, 01:25

JDCAVE started a thread Help with this reference in General Category

I’m looking for help with this reference, provided in the Literature cited section of a current paper: TNA PRO CAB 66/54 No.485. ...

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5th April 2021, 01:02

JDCAVE started a thread Air 14/827 Daylight operations: No 5 Group instructions in General Category

Looking for a copy of this document if anyone can help. Jim

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1st April 2021, 17:54

JDCAVE replied to a thread 5-Group and Oboe? in General Category

Thanks David. More useful information. I am endeavoring to write a paper on "Gaggle Formations" so am interesting in learning the evolution of...

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1st April 2021, 16:07

JDCAVE started a thread Bomber Command Raid assessments for Daylight Raids in General Category

I am struggling with finding information on assessments of daylight raids, September 1944- end of March, 1945. I have the 6 and 8 Group ORB...

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31st March 2021, 18:33

JDCAVE replied to a thread 5-Group and Oboe? in General Category

Further to this, David: I have been reviewing the daylight operations in the summer of 1944, and note the following entry in Middlebrook and Everitt:...

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26th March 2021, 17:01

JDCAVE replied to a thread Mining Code Names. Forget Me Nots and Young Forget me nots. in General Category

Yes, I've seen that Simon. No mention of "Young Forget-me-nots". I can "assume" that "Young Forget-me-nots" might be the canal, but you know what...

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26th March 2021, 14:58

JDCAVE started a thread Mining Code Names. Forget Me Nots and Young Forget me nots. in General Category

Mining Code Names. "Forget Me Nots" and "Young Forget me nots." I believe one is for Kiel Harbour and one is for the Canal. Can anyone tell me...

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23rd March 2021, 23:17

JDCAVE replied to a thread 5-Group and Oboe? in General Category

Thanks David. That was my understanding as well. You and I talked about the “Oboe Leader” Lancaster formations on some operations, December 1944, I...

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23rd March 2021, 16:12

JDCAVE started a thread 5-Group and Oboe? in General Category

5-Group had their own Pathfinder squadrons, including Mosquitoes. Was Oboe installed in any of these aircraft? I believe its use was entirely by...

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23rd March 2021, 14:16

JDCAVE replied to a thread Navigating Lancasters in WW II by Peter Hoare. in General Category

Terry: I was looking at that website again last night. Someone had directed me to it, perhaps it was you. Stunningly thorough! Jim

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22nd March 2021, 23:43

JDCAVE started a thread Navigating Lancasters in WW II by Peter Hoare. in General Category

From time to time, I consult this paper. It is superb. I obtained it from the author and we exchanged several emails. Peter Hoare was a Navigator...

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20th March 2021, 14:58

JDCAVE replied to a thread Bomber Command HQ and ORS Files in The National Archives in General Category

Hans: AIR14/4591 is of interest to me. “ Research Branch, Bomber Command and Strike Command: lists of reports, memoranda and notes for the record”...

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19th March 2021, 04:51

JDCAVE replied to a thread Group Op Order Wanted for 101 Sqn. Lancaster, LM387 - Lost Berlin, 20 Jan 1944. in General Category

Malcolm. I will send you an example of a “Form B” for March, 1945. They were sent by teleprinter. Surviving records are untidy, to say the least. ...

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19th March 2021, 04:28

JDCAVE replied to a thread Bomber Command HQ and ORS Files in The National Archives in General Category

Andrew: I started this thread earlier: http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?27213-Operational-Research-in-Bomber-Command Operational...

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15th March 2021, 01:45

JDCAVE replied to a thread RAF bombsight help needed in General Category

Thanks Pavel: when was this bombsight operational in Bomber Command? The Mk IX was pretty much obsolete in the last few years of the war, although it...

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14th March 2021, 17:06

JDCAVE replied to a thread RAF bombsight help needed in General Category

Pavel: Sorry for these disjointed replies But I continue to search your topic. This site has quite detailed photos of the MK VIIC and the MK IXA...

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14th March 2021, 14:45

JDCAVE replied to a thread RAF bombsight help needed in General Category

And this looks useful. The Mk XIV: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_XIV_bomb_sight Jim

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14th March 2021, 14:39

JDCAVE replied to a thread RAF bombsight help needed in General Category

Further below, there is a reference to the MkIXA course setting bombsight. Not sure if that is correctly identified, but you could start from there....

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