Flight Log to Stuttgart
Title
Flight Log to Stuttgart
Description
An abstract of a flight log to Stuttgart. It contains details of each leg including an attack by night fighters.
Creator
Date
1943-01-07
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Language
Format
Two handwritten sheets
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Contributor
Identifier
MSmithAC1459147-170607-030001, MSmithAC1459147-170607-030002
Transcription
7/1/43. Watch at 1200 hrs. G.M.T. 8 seconds slow,
Rate of gain 4 secs/24 hrs.
Route LEICESTER – SOUTHWOLD – LIEGE – STUTTGART – LILLE – LIECESTER.
Extract from Met. Winds. – 2,000' 200°/25k. 6,000' – 220°/30k.
10,000' – 230°/40k. Temps. 2,000' +5°C. 6,000' -3°C. 10,000' -12°C.
1825. Airborne BASE
1840. LEICESTER S/C SOUTHWOLD. Hgt. 2,000' climbing to 6,000'.
T.A.S. for climb 130k.
1853 Level out 6,000' T.A.S. 160k a/c SOUTHWOLD.
What is D.R. [indecipherable word] Co(T). (M) & (C). & E.T.A.
1920 SOUTHWOLD S/C LIEGE. Hgt. 6,000' climbing to 10,000'
R.A.S. for climb 117k. What is T.A.S.
1935. Level out at 10,000' a/c LIEGE using met w/v.
T.A.S. 190k. What is Co(T)(M)(C) & E.T.A.
193730 Check course by Astro Compass to be 136°(T).
1938 Loop CAMBRIDGE Scale read 149° Q.Cor. – 7° (Reliable).
1943 Loop DOVER Scale reads 099° Q.Cor. +2° (Rel) FIX?
1949. T.A.S. now 195k.
20-10-41}
20-11-21} DUBHE. Sextant Reading Average 35° 33'. Sex.Con +1'
20-16-46}
20-17-24} ALPHERATZ. Sextant Reading 43° 42' Sex. Con. +2'. FIX
2021 a/c 150° (M)
2028 a/c STUTTGART. W/V 240°/40k. What is T.A.S. to be maintained to reach TARGET at 2120 hrs. & Co (M).
2125 Incendiaries released.
2140. STUTTGART s/c 306(M) T.A.S. 140k Hgt 10,000'
[page break]
2148. Back Bearing of farm 123°(C). Dev. + 2°
2150 a/c 221°(C) Dev. 0°.
2152 Drift 5 1/2° Port
2158 a/c 006°(C) Dev. +2°
2201 Drift 7 1/2° Starboard.
What is W/V?
2204 a/c 299°(C) Dev. 0°. T.A.S. 215k
2211 a/c LILLE. What is Co(T)(M) (C) & E.T.A.
2238 attacked by night fighters a/c 010°(C) Dev +2° TAS 245
2242 a/c 284°(C). Dev 0° T.A.S. 240k.
2248 a/c 242°(C) Dev + 1° T.A.S. 235k.
2257 a/c 317°(C) Dev +1° T.A.S. 190k. Fighters shaken off
2306 Visual FIX? 270° CHARLEROI[?] 8 n.m.
2305 M.F.B. Return SALISBURY.
2310 a/c SALISBURY using Met w/v Hgt 10,000' TAS 190k
What Co(T) (M) (C) & E.T.A.
Rate of gain 4 secs/24 hrs.
Route LEICESTER – SOUTHWOLD – LIEGE – STUTTGART – LILLE – LIECESTER.
Extract from Met. Winds. – 2,000' 200°/25k. 6,000' – 220°/30k.
10,000' – 230°/40k. Temps. 2,000' +5°C. 6,000' -3°C. 10,000' -12°C.
1825. Airborne BASE
1840. LEICESTER S/C SOUTHWOLD. Hgt. 2,000' climbing to 6,000'.
T.A.S. for climb 130k.
1853 Level out 6,000' T.A.S. 160k a/c SOUTHWOLD.
What is D.R. [indecipherable word] Co(T). (M) & (C). & E.T.A.
1920 SOUTHWOLD S/C LIEGE. Hgt. 6,000' climbing to 10,000'
R.A.S. for climb 117k. What is T.A.S.
1935. Level out at 10,000' a/c LIEGE using met w/v.
T.A.S. 190k. What is Co(T)(M)(C) & E.T.A.
193730 Check course by Astro Compass to be 136°(T).
1938 Loop CAMBRIDGE Scale read 149° Q.Cor. – 7° (Reliable).
1943 Loop DOVER Scale reads 099° Q.Cor. +2° (Rel) FIX?
1949. T.A.S. now 195k.
20-10-41}
20-11-21} DUBHE. Sextant Reading Average 35° 33'. Sex.Con +1'
20-16-46}
20-17-24} ALPHERATZ. Sextant Reading 43° 42' Sex. Con. +2'. FIX
2021 a/c 150° (M)
2028 a/c STUTTGART. W/V 240°/40k. What is T.A.S. to be maintained to reach TARGET at 2120 hrs. & Co (M).
2125 Incendiaries released.
2140. STUTTGART s/c 306(M) T.A.S. 140k Hgt 10,000'
[page break]
2148. Back Bearing of farm 123°(C). Dev. + 2°
2150 a/c 221°(C) Dev. 0°.
2152 Drift 5 1/2° Port
2158 a/c 006°(C) Dev. +2°
2201 Drift 7 1/2° Starboard.
What is W/V?
2204 a/c 299°(C) Dev. 0°. T.A.S. 215k
2211 a/c LILLE. What is Co(T)(M) (C) & E.T.A.
2238 attacked by night fighters a/c 010°(C) Dev +2° TAS 245
2242 a/c 284°(C). Dev 0° T.A.S. 240k.
2248 a/c 242°(C) Dev + 1° T.A.S. 235k.
2257 a/c 317°(C) Dev +1° T.A.S. 190k. Fighters shaken off
2306 Visual FIX? 270° CHARLEROI[?] 8 n.m.
2305 M.F.B. Return SALISBURY.
2310 a/c SALISBURY using Met w/v Hgt 10,000' TAS 190k
What Co(T) (M) (C) & E.T.A.
Collection
Citation
1943-01-07, “Flight Log to Stuttgart,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed October 2, 2023, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/33376.
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