Navigation Logs
There follow below some navigation logs from specific raids in which 550 Squadron took part. These show in the first section the planned route that the navigator was instructed to follow. The later sections show the actual details as plotted during the course of the operation. Interesting notes along the way, in these examples, include such things as "Engineer flying aircraft", "Climbing due to front" or "Pilot practises c/screw".
Operations Undertaken by S/Ldr Pickles Crew
Many thanks to Peter Spindler DFC* (Navigator in the S/Ldr Pickles crew) for making available his navigation logs from this operation.
Politz Raid, 8th February 1945
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Dortmund Raid, 20th February 1945
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Pforzheim Raid, 23rd February 1945
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Essen Raid, 11th March 1945
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Operations Undertaken by S/Ldr Caldow Crew
28/04/2016
Navigation charts of F/Lt Cassidy RAAF DFC* navigator with the S/Ldr Caldow crew.
For the rest of the set of available navigation charts see F/Lt Cassidy navigation charts.
Aschaffenburg Raid, 21st November 1944
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Freiburg Raid, 27th November 1944
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Further 550 Sqdn (and 626 Sqdn) navigation charts .... to be added shortly ...