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Forbes, Robert N (Flight Sergeant)
Private Record
Maker: Forbes, Robert Noel
2 pages from RAAF navigator's log book showing evidence of the radar-jamming tactics which enabled the successful mining of Manila Bay by the Allies 14 December 1944PR00203
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Strips of 'Window' used to jam Japanese radar : Flight Sergeant R N Forbes, 42 Squadron RAAF
Technology
Approximately 50 strips of aluminium backed with paper, known as 'Window' or 'Chaff', of the type used to jam radar.REL25141
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MIS-X Escape & Evasion map, North Borneo and Mindanao Island : Warrant Officer R Forbes, 42 Squadron RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: US Army Map Service
White acetate sheet printed with a topographic map on each side. Title of map printed in black at top 'NO. C-44, NORTH BORNEO / AAF CLOTH CHART-PHILIPPINE SERIES' on one side, and 'NO. C-43 MINDANAO I...REL25142.002
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Transparent plastic waterproof pouch for escape kit maps and compass : Warrant Officer R Forbes, 42 Squadron RAAF
Heraldry
Transparent yellow plastic pouch with fold in and roll down opening fitted with a press stud tab. Marked on plastic 'FOLD ON LINES / AND ROLL TIGHTLY / CLOSE SNAP'. Probably military issue.REL25142.001
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Rotor escape compass : Warrant Officer R Forbes, 42 Squadron RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Simple black painted brass spindle type compass with eight pointed direction indicator plate recessed in a well under a glass top. The compass was sealed in a plastic pouch to protect it from humidity...REL25142.004
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RAAF Escape & Evasion map, Halmahera and New Guinea : Warrant Officer R Forbes, 42 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Silk sheet titled 'HALMAHERA'. Printed on one side with a simple map of Halmahera and Dutch (West) New Guinea. Scale is 6 inches = 90 statute miles.REL25142.003