136 Wing Operational Record
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136 Wing Operational Record
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A list covering the period 25 December 1944 to 02 May 1945. It details the sorties undertaken, the hours flown, the bombs dropped, the cannon rounds fired, the machine gun rounds fired, flares dropped, crew missing, avoidable accidents, hours per avoidable accident, total flying hours and average serviceability. Finally there is a list of claims of destroyed, damaged and attacked aircraft, vehicles, various, factories, trains, stations, barges, boats and bridges.
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136 WING OPERATIONAL RECORD
[underlined] 25TH DEC. 1944 TO 2ND MAY 1945 [/underlined]
OPERATIONAL LIFE 4 1/2 MONTHS
OPERATIONAL SORTIES 1603
OPERATIONAL HOURS 5718
BOMBS DROPPED 2754
CANNON ROUNDS FIRED 283740
M.G. ROUNDS FIRED 166950
FLARES DROPPED 2541
NUMBER OF CREWS MISSING 22
AVOIDABLE ACCIDENTS 11
HOURS PER AVOIDABLE ACCIDENT 716
TOTAL FLYING HOURS 8712
AVERAGE SERVICEABILITY [inserted] 87% [/inserted]
[underlined] CLAIMS [/underlined]
[a] DESTROYED [b] DAMAGED [c] ATTACKED N.R.[missing letter]
AIRCRAFT – [a] 2 [b] 1
MET. – [a] 270 [b] 456 [c] 270
DIVERS – [a] 2 [c] 6
FACTORIES – [b] 8
TRAINS – [a] 12 [b] 130 [c] 49
STATIONS – [b] 2
BARGES – [b] 48 [c] 13
BOATS – [c] 5
BRIDGE – [a] 1
[underlined] 25TH DEC. 1944 TO 2ND MAY 1945 [/underlined]
OPERATIONAL LIFE 4 1/2 MONTHS
OPERATIONAL SORTIES 1603
OPERATIONAL HOURS 5718
BOMBS DROPPED 2754
CANNON ROUNDS FIRED 283740
M.G. ROUNDS FIRED 166950
FLARES DROPPED 2541
NUMBER OF CREWS MISSING 22
AVOIDABLE ACCIDENTS 11
HOURS PER AVOIDABLE ACCIDENT 716
TOTAL FLYING HOURS 8712
AVERAGE SERVICEABILITY [inserted] 87% [/inserted]
[underlined] CLAIMS [/underlined]
[a] DESTROYED [b] DAMAGED [c] ATTACKED N.R.[missing letter]
AIRCRAFT – [a] 2 [b] 1
MET. – [a] 270 [b] 456 [c] 270
DIVERS – [a] 2 [c] 6
FACTORIES – [b] 8
TRAINS – [a] 12 [b] 130 [c] 49
STATIONS – [b] 2
BARGES – [b] 48 [c] 13
BOATS – [c] 5
BRIDGE – [a] 1
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136 Wing, “136 Wing Operational Record,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed February 14, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/23506.
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