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Re: ors files?
[quote=thorthemighty;108248]Do you know what information is held in AIR 14/3412 "Operational Research Section: final reports on operations, night raids, Nos. 621-914, 1944 June-1945 May" and AIR 14/2689 "Operational Research Section reports 1944 Nov.-1945 Feb"? Do or could these contain information about the loss of LM472 and the designation as a "friendly fire" incident. I rang kew to see if they could give me any more information about the content of these files but they couldn't over the phone.
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Hi Thor,
apologies, I forgot to answer this part of your post. None of the file you mentioned will contain information on the reasons why the BC ORS made the friendly fire assessment. The assessment was made after May 1945, presumably after Knight returned to the UK and was debriefed. The final reports on operations in AIR 14/3412 only contain a summary of the losses suffered, with (from memory) a break down by cause ('same as in the Interception Tactics Report).
AIR 14/2689 will contain reports, but on various operational matters such as navigation, bombing accuracy etc.
Cheers
Rod
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