I have spent a couple of days perusing this digital archive. It is a goldmine of information and papers that you don't normally see. Of particular interest to me is the pilot and aircrew log books which often record details not seen in ORBs. I am not even halfway through and I have already amassed 10 pages of notes on bombing ranges and associated practices alone. One particularly useful log book was for a chap named Rascal who appeared to have more than two legs and went on more practice bombing runs than anyone else, or so it seems.
Still hoping to find a bomb aimer's practice bombing form or even a quadrant record but I doubt that will happen
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
Not seen the target photo as I have only been looking at log books, 55 so far. Shame there is no date or location for the photo as it looks to be an early war target and may only be 16 ft sides. What looks to be an SBC is dangling in the top of the photo but where on the Whitley was it attached? Hopefully some answers will be found in the donors collection.
I wonder if new items will be added so that they appear on new pages at the end, otherwise they may be difficult to find. I didn't see anything in the search for date item was added.
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
Yes, I looked at that but was confused by the explanation which is ambiguous:
"When item was created (yyyy-mm-dd): This is the actual date the item was created, the date a letter was written, or a photograph taken. All dates are recorded in the format yyyy-mm-dd. Partial dates can be searched for. For example, June 1943 should be entered as 1943-06."
It also has "When" which is the date an event happened.
If the sequential pages holds true, then all I do is record the last page I looked at in an unspecified search, rather like the IWM American Air Museum. Even if this doesn't work it is still an excellent resource so worth the time searching.
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
I think that might be Marcham bombing range, south west of Abingdon. The target was enlarged during 1944. As far as I could see from L Sayer's log book he was flying the Whitley whilst at 10OTU Abingdon. His aircraft type whilst at 102 Sqn was the Halifax. He flew the Whitley later in the war whilst at 81OTU but that was not in the bombing role.
If the first bomb comment is taken literally then this would put it earlier whilst at 17OTU Upwood flying Blenheims and possibly 12 August 1942. Perhaps the aircraft with the SBC might be the decider.
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
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What looks to be an SBC is dangling in the top of the photo but where on the Whitley was it attached?
It is not an SBC (Small Bomb Container) but a Light Series Carrier. (LSC) The image item appears to be mounted externally and on some bomber aircraft was installed under the fuselage at the rear of the bomb doors.
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