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WWII Logs & Chart. WWII navigation logs and chart kept by Flight Sergeant Alan Murray, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force, comprising a bombing raid log annotated in pencil by Murray for a raid over Bergen, Norway on 28/29 October 1944, double-sided, 43 x 28 cm, another kept by Murray for a raid over Brux, Austria on 1 January 1945, four-sides annotated in pencil, 43 x 28 cm, plus a Mercator Plotting Map showing a route to a target at the mouth of the river Gironde, France, printed in red, South Western Approaches, Edition of March 1944, the course plotted by Murray in pencil, scale 1: 1,000,000 (Quantity: 3) Alan Murray (419435) was born in Australia, he served with 50 Squadron during WWII based at Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire flying Avro Lancaster bombers. The first log records a raid over Bergen in Norway on 28/29 October 1944. 237 Lancaster's and 7 Mosquitos took part in the raid to attack U-Boat pens. The operation was aborted after 47 of the Lancaster had dropped their bombs (including Murray at 02.05 in Lancaster VN-J) due to cloud cover making the target. The second log included in the lot records a raid over Brux in Austria on 1 January 1945. Murray flew Lancaster VN-A and the bombs were released at 02.31 from 15500 feet. The Mercator Plotting Map shows a route to a target at the mouth of the river Gironde in France on 4 January 1945. There were a large contingent of German troops holding out as a pocket resistance denying the allies use of the port of Bordeaux. The town was destroyed by the allies.