RAF and RAAF ORBs available on the Web

[phasselgren]

Originally Posted by phasselgren

I just found out on Norway during WW2 Forum ( http://www.f16.parsimony.net/forum28...ages/15196.htm) about a project in Norway were ORBs from RAF squadrons operating over Norway will be digitalised to pdf.files. In the near future they will be available on the net. Sofar they have following ORBs on pdf

ORB 9 Squadron RAF Jan 44 – Dec 44 AIR 27/128
ORB 19 Squadron RAF Jan 45 – Dec 45 AIR 27/254
ORB 46 Squadron RAF Apr 16 – Dec 43 AIR 27/460
ORB 65 Squadron RAF Jan 44 – Dec 45 AIR 27/595
ORB 114 Squadron RAF Dec 36 – Dec 43 AIR 27/882
Misc 114 Squadron RAF Sep 39 – May 42 AIR 27/885
ORB 143 Squadron RAF Jan 44 - May 45 AIR 27/979
ORB 144 Squadron RAF Jan 44 - May 45 AIR 27/983
ORB 210 Squadron RAF mar 31 - Dec 40 AIR 27/1298
ORB 210 Squadron RAF Jan 41 - Dec 43 AIR 27/1299
ORB 210 Squadron RAF Jan 44 - Jun 45 AIR 27/1300
Misc 210 Squadron RAF Sep 37 - Jan 45 AIR 27/1301
ORB 235 Squadron RAF Jan 43 – Jul 45 AIR 27/1444
ORB 248 Squadron RAF Jan 44 - Sep 46 AIR 27/1497
ORB 263 Squadron RAF Oct 39 – Dec 41 AIR 27/1547
ORB 307 Squadron RAF Oct 40 - Dec 43 AIR 27/1675
ORB 307 Squadron RAF Jan 44 - Nov 46 AIR 27/1676
ORB 315 Squadron RAF Jan 44 – Dec 46 AIR 27/1701
ORB 330 Squadron RAF Apr 41 – Dec 42 AIR 27/1721
ORB 330 Squadron RAF Jan 43 – Dec 43 AIR 27/1722
ORB 330 Squadron RAF Jan 44 – May 45 AIR 27/1723
ORB 331 Squadron RAF Aug 41 – Dec 42 AIR 27/1724
ORB 331 Squadron RAF Jan 43 – Dec 43 AIR 27/1725
ORB 331 Squadron RAF Jan 44 – Apr 45 AIR 27/1726
Misc 331 Squadron RAF Nov 41 – Jan 45 AIR 27/1727
ORB 332 Squadron RAF Jan 42 – Dec 43 AIR 27/1728
ORB 332 Squadron RAF Jan 44 – Apr 45 AIR 27/1729
Misc 332 Squadron RAF Jun 42 – Jan 45 AIR 27/1730
ORB 333 Squadron RAF May 43 - Jun 44 AIR 27/1731
ORB 333 Squadron RAF Jul 44 - May 45 AIR 27/1732
ORB 404 Squadron RAF May 41 May 45 AIR 27/1786
ORB 455 Squadron RAF Jan 44 - May 45 AIR 27/1898
ORB 489 Squadron RAF Sept 41 - Jul 45 AIR 27/1938
ORB 617 Squadron RAF Apr 43 - May 45 AIR 27/2128

All this great work is done by Kjetil Korsnes, Bengt Stangvik and
Olve Dybvig. The ORBs for 330-333 Squadrons can be found on
http://presentations.uib.no/pls/port...ABELL_910.show

The ORBs for 330-333 Squadron can now be found on:
http://mediabase1.uib.no/pls/apex/f?...52585812::NO:2

I have been in contact with Kjetil Korsnes regarding the ORBs of the other squadrons. This work has taken much longer time than expected and he could not give me a date when they will be available on the net.

Cheers
Peter

[Spitfire 9]

Thanks Laurent. !!

What an excellent fellow !!

[earthling]

A fine piece of work posting that up there - thanks

Adam

[phasselgren]

Information from the ORB of 156 Squadron can be found under Operational logs on the site http://www.156squadron.com/default.htm

Peter

[Andy in West Oz]

Nice one, Laurent, plenty to read there.

Here's another, incomplete but a start:
http://www.514squadron.org/orb/orblist.htm

http://www.514squadron.org/waterbeach/records01.htm

[timothy]

I bet there's nothing for No1 Squadron, is there? Just need to check a couple of flying times.

= Tim

[Hanglands]

Hi,

I notice that on the last page of this thread, Notoole mentions the RAF 60th anniversary website. All the ORBs were available from here at one time, but now you just get "Bomber Command Campaign Diary - Unfortunately the RAF Bomber Command Diaries have been removed at this time, sorry for any inconveniences" at http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/diary.html

I have emailed the webmaster there to see whats going on, but as yet I have had no reply.

Best Regards,

H.

[paulmcmillan]

Don't worry they are still available through the wayback machine:

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://...and/diary.html

[Hanglands]

Aahhh... good call.

[crolick]

This might be helpful for Polish Squadrons - http://orb.polishaf.pl/