Online - Operational Record Books

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Hi Everyone,

Here is a good list of ORB's, available online. ( to date )

You can also obtain them in person or online from the National Archives, Kew, England. In this case, there is a fee involved.

Members who are looking for ORB's of the fathers, uncles, grandfathers, etc. The details vary from squadron to squadron, depending on how well, records were kept. In most cases, they can list .......

- crew list, for an operation.
- 'Target' for the operation.
- Bomb load, weather conditions, etc.
- Description of the operation.
- Take-off / return details.

In short, you can identify the 'persons' tour of operations and crew.

I was searching for ORB's for my fathers squadron ( 630 Sqn ) didn't find them but found just about every other RAF, etc squadrons.

Please Note - Some links may not be available at given times and or have been terminated.


John

Here's some online ORB's, from '12 O' clock High Forum members, Laurent and Peter. A very good site.

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Note: for all ORB in Australian archives, the direct link listed below won't work. You have first to connect to them. Go to the page http://naa12.naa.gov.au/ and click on Guest, that will open a connexion for you, then all links listed below will show you the right document (to see i treally you have then to click on the "View digital copy" button)

So here is the list:

8 Sqn
2-3 May 1944 (chase of U-852)
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~8sqnwad/2may44.html

12 Sqn
1 May – 13 july 1943
http://www.aujs06.dsl.pipex.com/12sq...ml/records.htm

29 Sqn
October 1940
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/f5400291.html and next pages

51 Sqn
5 August 1941
http://www.clham.org/images11/T%20V-1-52.bmp

54 Sqn
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1129276

112 Sqn
26 October 1942 to 17 December 1942
http://www.mts.net/~robhd1a/ORB.html

141 Sqn
July 1940
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/f5401411.html and next page

151 Sqn
Not a full copy of the ORB, but enough details to be close, probably listing all actions recorded in Form 540
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kelsey....20War%20II.htm

159 Sqn
January 1944
http://www.rquirk.com/159opps.html
ORB « C » Flight (« Special operations »)
http://www.rquirk.com/splflt/draft.pdf

160 Sqn
1942
http://www.rquirk.com/160oper/160Sqn1944.pdf
January 1943 to March 1944
http://www.rquirk.com/160opps.html
1944
http://www.rquirk.com/160oper/160Sqn1944.pdf

215 Sqn
http://www.rquirk.com/215opps.html

257 Sqn
6 July 1944
http://perso.orange.fr/yves.brossero...b.html#rafbook

298 Sqn
RAF Station Tarrant Rushton ORB
http://www.tarrant-rushton.ndirect.c...ationDiary.htm

303 Sqn
August-September 1940
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/f5403031.html and next pages

315 Sqn
August 1942
http://www.geocities.com/capecanaver...ORB_aug42.html
September 1942
http://www.geocities.com/capecanaver...ORB_sep42.html

330, 331, 332, 333 Sqn
http://presentations.uib.no/pls/port...ONSDAGBOK.show

354 Sqn
http://www.rquirk.com/354oper/354history.pdf

438 Sqn
4-7 June 1944
http://www.junobeach.org/e/4/can-tac-air-fig-438-e.htm

439 Sqn
http://www.rcaf.com/439squadron/Thisday.htm

442 Sqn
April-May 1945
http://www.rquirk.com/442.html

443 Sqn
1-6 October 1944
http://www.junobeach.org/e/4/can-tac-air-fig-443-e.htm

450 Sqn
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359188

451 Sqn
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359192

452 Sqn
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1119412

453 Sqn
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359195

454 Sqn
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359204

455 Sqn
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359207

456 Sqn
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359208

457 Sqn
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1160749

458 Sqn
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359209

459 Sqn
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1158170

460 Sqn
October 1941-December 1943
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359211
January 1944-October 1945
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359212

461 Sqn
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359213

462 Sqn
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359214

463 Sqn
http://www.467463raafsquadrons.com/L...bsTimeLine.htm

464 Sqn
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359184

467 Sqn
http://www.467463raafsquadrons.com/L...bsTimeLine.htm

548 Sqn
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359512

549 Sqn
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359513

609 Sqn
Some noticeable days
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/609photos...20Archives.htm

610 Sqn
August 1940
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/f5406101.html

617 Sqn
http://www.dambusters.org.uk/docs/recordbook.pdf

644 Sqn
RAF Station Tarrant Rushton ORB
http://www.tarrant-rushton.ndirect.c...ationDiary.htm

420 Flt
October 1940
http://www.jeversteamlaundry.org/93fm540oct40.htm

57 OTU
January-June 1941
http://www.rafcommands.com/57OTU/57%...une%201941.htm

RAAF
RAAF Unit History sheets (Form A50) Number xxx Squadron
1 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1158602
2 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1158597
3 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1339854
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1158595
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1339942
4 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1339926
6 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358865
7 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1339940
9 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1339943
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1339945
10 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1158578
11 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358718
12 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358726
13 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358732
14 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358736
15 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358739
20 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358750
21 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1158584
22 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1158581
23 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358767
24 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358890
25 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358896
30 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358944
31 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358949
32 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358951
33 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358952
36 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358985
37 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358793
38 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358827
40 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358848
42 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358858
66 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358865
67 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358869
71 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358870
73 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358873
75 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1068620
76 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1119413
77 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1358995
78 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1338124
79 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1158174
80 Sqn RAAF (concise ORB)
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1338125
82 Sqn RAAF (ORB scanned in inverse order...)
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1338126
85 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1160751
86 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1338129
87 Sqn (1 PRU) RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359014
94 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359017
99 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359018
100 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359020
102 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359028
107 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359023
120 Sqn RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359031
71 Wing RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1360007
76 Wing RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1360017
78 Wing RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1360020
79 Wing RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359977
82 Wing RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359988
18 (NEI) Sqn
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1158587
Air Sea Rescue Flights RAAF
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Item...?M=0&B=1359910
278 Sqn, 1-6 Oct 44
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/ramrod-app-d.php

These comments and details are from Peter ...............
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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