Finding Aid
Listing of contents
1. Pilot Officer Jacket
2. Trousers
3. Felt “long johns” for in flight warmth
4. Officer Hat
5. Air Force Cap
6. RAF blue shirts( 2)-collarless
7. Training note books (3) in ink and pencil
8. Navigation Protractors RAF issue (2)
9. Navigation Protractors (3) hand made
10. Guide for visitor to London (YMCA)
11. In -flight navigator’s report of air speed, height, temperature, instrument check, unusual incidents, bomb release time, course flown, special instructions, observations.
12. Course map of flight on red printed map of target area.
13. Sample air frame.
14. Sample of plexiglass of windows.
15. Field wound dressing (unused)
16. Photographs (7) original positives.
17. Letters (written in 2009 by Jack Bath, Mid Upper Gunner, indentifying airmen in above photographs.
18. Various patch badges including air force, army and naval items.
19. Crew Roster for 76 Squadron RAF for week ending 22 Dec 1944(3 pages) which include number of flights taken by each Crew member. Base was Holme-on-Spalding in Yorkshire.
20. Page from Maclean’s Magazine, Sept./09 covering one event recorded by P.O.Griffith.
21. Sewing Kit for buttons, badges and repairs.
22. Two Royal Air Force Notebooks and one notebook with a plain cover.
World War II Bomber Charts. 52 items.
FIRST LINE: Map Title Scale
SECOND LINE IN ROUND BRACKETS: Publisher, Series Name or Number, Sheet Number, Edition, Date.
THIRD AND SUBSEQUENT LINES IN SQUARE BRACKETS: Notes.
LATTICE TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS – 1:500,000 scale
BERLIN 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.E. 52/10, 3rd Edition, 1943)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Ruhr Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4524 E F]
[Compiled and drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.)]
BERLIN 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.E. 52/10, 3rd Edition, 1943)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Reims Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4521 G H]
[Overprint drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) October 1944]
BERLIN 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.E. 52/10, 3rd Edition 1943)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Cologne Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4534 G H]
[Computed by A.W.A.S. Drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.)]
BREMEN 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.E. 52/6, 2nd Edition 1942, Grid amended September 1943)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Reims Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4521 E F]
[Overprint drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) October 1944]
BREMEN 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.E. 52/6, 2nd Edition 1942, Grid amended September 1943)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Louvain Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4519 A B]
[Overprint drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) September 1944]
DIJON 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.E. 46/2, 1941)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Reims Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4521 W X Y]
[Overprint drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) November 1944]
FRANKFURT 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.E. 50/6, 2nd Edition 1942)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Cologne Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4534 E D F]
[Compiled and drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.)]
FRANKFURT 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.E. 50/6, 2nd Edition 1942)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Ruhr Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4524 F]
[Compiled and drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.)]
FRANKFURT 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.E. 50/6, 2nd Edition 1942)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Reims Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4521 A B]
[Overprint drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) October 1944]
FRANKFURT 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.E. 50/6, 2nd Edition 1942)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Louvain Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4519 C D]
[Compiled and drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) September 1944]
LE HAVRE 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4494, N.W. 48/2, 1944)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Channel Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4504 A B]
[Calculated by A.W.A.S. Overprint drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) June 1944]
LE HAVRE 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4494, N.W. 48/2, 1944)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Reims Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4521 U V]
[Overprint drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) November 1944]
LEIPZIG 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.E. 50/10, 1940)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Cologne Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4534 J K]
[Computed by A.W.A.S. Drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.)]
LEIPZIG 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.E. 50/10, 2nd Edition 1943)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Ruhr Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4524 G H]
[Compiled and drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.)]
LEIPZIG – Another copy 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.E. 50/10, 2nd Edition 1943)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Ruhr Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4524 G H]
[Compiled and drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.)]
MÜNCHEN 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.E. 48/10, 2nd Edition 1940)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Reims Chain]
[Edition 2]
[G.S.G.S. 4521 L M P]
[Overprint drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) October 1944]
NANTES 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.W. 46/2, 1941)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Reims Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4521 AA BB Z]
[Overprint drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) November 1944]
NANTES – Another copy 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.W. 46/2, 1941)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Reims Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4521 AA BB Z]
[Overprint drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) November 1944]
PARIS 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.E. 48/2, 2nd Edition, 1942)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Channel Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4504 E F]
[Calculated by A.W.A.S. Overprint drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) June 1944]
PARIS 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.E. 48/2, 1940)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Reims Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4521 N S T]
[Overprint drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) November 1944]
STRAIT OF DOVER 1:500,000
(Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, G.S.G.S. 4369, Sheet 8, Edition 5, 1944)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Channel Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4504 C D]
[Calculated by A.W.A.S. Overprint drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) June 1944]
STRAIT OF DOVER 1:500,000
(Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, G.S.G.S. 4369, Sheet 8, Edition 5, 1944)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Cologne Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4534 N O Q]
[Overprint drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) December 1944]
STRAIT OF DOVER 1:500,000
(Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, G.S.G.S. 4369, Sheet 8, Edition 5, 1944)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Ruhr Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4524 M N O]
[Overprint drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) October 1944]
STRASBOURG 1:500,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4072, N.E. 48/6, 2nd Edition 1940)
[Lattice Topographical Maps – Reims Chain]
[G.S.G.S. 4521 C D]
[Overprint drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) October 1944]
TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS – 1:63,360 scale
GOOLE & PONTEFRACT 1:63,360
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 3907, Sheet 32, Second War Revision 1940, 1941)
[Ordnance Survey of England and Wales]
[Popular Edition Style]
[Ordnance Survey, 1942]
HULL 1:63,360
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 3907, Sheet 33, Second War Revision 1940, 1941)
[Ordnance Survey of England and Wales]
[Ordnance Survey, 1942]
RADAR PLOTTING CHARTS – 1:1,000,000 scale
EDINBURGH – HAMBURG 1:1,000,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4488, Sheet 1, 1944)
[Miniature Lattice]
[Series 6]
[Calculated by A.W.A.S. Compiled and drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) March, 1944]
LONDON – BERLIN 1:1,000,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4514, Edition of August 1944, 1944)
[RADAR PLOTTING CHART]
[COLOGNE FIXING CHART]
[G.S.G.S. 4531 A B C]
[Compiled and drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) 1944]
LONDON – BERLIN 1:1,000,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4514, Edition of August 1944, 1944)
[RADAR PLOTTING CHART]
[Compiled and drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) 1944]
LONDON – MÜNCHEN 1:1,000,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4514, Edition of December 1944, 1944)
[RADAR PLOTTING CHART]
[Compiled and drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) 1944]
LONDON – MÜNCHEN 1:1,000,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4514, Edition of December 1944, 1944)
[RADAR PLOTTING CHART]
[REIMS FIXING CHART]
[G.S.G.S. 4537 A B C]
[Compiled and drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) 1944]
LONDON – MÜNCHEN 1:1,000,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4514, Edition of December 1944, 1944)
[RADAR PLOTTING CHART]
[RUHR FIXING CHART]
[G.S.G.S. 4539 A B C]
[Compiled and drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) 1944]
PLOTTING SERIES MAPS – 1:1,000,000 and 1:2,000,000 scale
BELFAST – ROME 1:2,000,000
(Air Ministry, G.S.G.S. (AIR) 5012, N.W. 42/10, Edition 1, 1942)
[Small Scale Plotting Series]
[Compiled and drawn at A.D. Maps, Air Ministry. 1942]
BELFAST – ROME – Another copy 1:2,000,000
(Air Ministry, G.S.G.S. (AIR) 5012, N.W. 42/10, Edition 1, 1942)
[Small Scale Plotting Series]
[Compiled and drawn at A.D. Maps, Air Ministry. 1942]
[POOR QUALITY – 2 LARGE HOLES IN MAP]
CORK – STETTIN 1:2,000,000
(Air Ministry, G.S.G.S. (AIR) 5012, N.W. 50/10, Edition 1, 1942)
[Small Scale Plotting Series]
[Compiled and drawn at A.D. Maps, Air Ministry. 1942]
DUBLIN – KONIGSBERG (Special Sheet) 1:2,000,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. (AIR) 5012, N.W. 46/8, Edition 1, 1942)
[Small Scale Plotting Series]
[Compiled and drawn at A.D. Maps, Air Ministry. August 1942]
ENGLISH CHANNEL 1:1,000,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4080, N.W. 48/4, Edition of July 1944, 1944)
[Plotting Series]
[Drawn and heliographed at O.S. 1941]
ENGLISH CHANNEL – Another copy 1:1,000,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4080, N.W. 48/4, Edition of July 1944, 1944)
[Plotting Series]
[Drawn and heliographed at O.S. 1941]
ORAN – SOFIA 1:2,000,000
(G.S.G.S. 5012, N.W. 30/5, Edition 1, 1943)
[Small Scale Plotting Series]
[Compiled and drawn at H.Q./G.S.G.S. Feb. 1943]
WESTERN GERMANY 1:1,000,000
(War Office, G.S.G.S. 4080, N.W. 48/1, Edition of June 1944, 1944)
[Plotting Series]
[Drawn and heliographed at O.S. 1941]
Middle portion of ENGLISH CHANNEL Plotting Series Map (NO TITLE VISIBLE) 1:1,000,000
(Information from original map margins not available, assume same as other English Channel plotting series map)
[MS: plotted courses]
[Course Plotting Map]
AERONAUTICAL MAPS – 1:500,000 scale
MIDLANDS AND WALES 1:500,000
(Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, G.S.G.S. 4369, Sheet 5, Edition 5, 1944)
[Ordinance Survey of Great Britain (Aeronautical Map) R.A.F. (WAR)]
[Compiled… from the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, and Eire; 1:253,440 & Admiralty Charts]
[2/44]
ORKNEYS AND SHETLANDS 1:500,000
(Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, G.S.G.S. 4369, Sheet 1, Edition 4, Provisional, 1942)
[Ordinance Survey of Great Britain (Aeronautical Map) R.A.F. (WAR)]
[Compiled… from the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, and Eire; 1:253,440 & Admiralty Charts]
[12/42]
S.W. ENGLAND 1:500,000
(Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, G.S.G.S. 4369, Sheet 7, Edition 5, Provisional, 1942)
[Ordinance Survey of Great Britain (Aeronautical Map) R.A.F. (WAR)]
[Compiled… from the Ordnance Survey 1:253,440, Admiralty Charts, & Carte de France 1:200,000]
[12.42]
THE BORDER 1:500,000
(Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, G.S.G.S. 4369, Sheet 4, Edition 5, Provisional, 1943)
[Ordinance Survey of Great Britain (Aeronautical Map) R.A.F. (WAR)]
[Compiled… from the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, and Northern Ireland, and Eire; 1:253,440, & Admiralty Charts]
[10.43]
THE HIGHLANDS 1:500,000
(Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, G.S.G.S. 4369, Sheet 3, Edition 5, Provisional, 1943)
[Ordinance Survey of Great Britain (Aeronautical Map) R.A.F. (WAR)]
[Compiled… from the Ordnance Survey, 1:253,440, & Admiralty Charts
[10/43]
AERONAUTICAL MAPS – 1:250,000 scale
ENGLAND, NORTH EAST. 1:250,000
(R.A.F. (WAR), Sheet 3, 1941)
[Ordnance Survey of England and Wales (Aeronautical Map)]
[R.A.F. (WAR) 2ND Edition]
[10.41]
ENGLAND, NORTH EAST. – Another Copy 1:250,000
(R.A.F. (WAR), Sheet 3, 1941)
[Ordnance Survey of England and Wales (Aeronautical Map)]
[R.A.F. (WAR) 2ND Edition]
[10.41]
MIDLANDS (S.) 1:250,000
(R.A.F. (WAR), Sheet 8, 1941)
[Ordnance Survey of England and Wales (Aeronautical Map)]
[R.A.F. EDITION (WAR)]
THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS 1:250,000
(R.A.F. (WAR), Sheet 5, Edition 3, 1941)
[Ordnance Survey of Scotland (Aeronautical Map)]
[R.A.F. (WAR) 2nd Edition]
[10.41]
CANADIAN AIR NAVIGATION CHARTS – Approx. 1:500,000 scale
CAMP BORDEN, ONTARIO 1:506,880
(Dept. of Mines & Resources, Hydrographic and Map Service, April 28th, 1943)
[Air information corrected up to and including “Notices to Airmen, R.C.A.F.” No. 1943/4]
[Air Navigation Edition]
LONDON, ONTARIO 1:500,000
(Dept. of Mines & Resources, Hydrographic and Map Service, April 17th, 1943)
[Air information corrected up to and including “Notices to Airmen, R.C.A.F.” No. 1943/4]
[Aviation Chart]
