Bomb aimers briefing 4/5 June 1944
Title
Bomb aimers briefing 4/5 June 1944
Description
Details two different bomb loads with pre-selection settings. Includes route and method. Target 'Marquise (2 heavy railway guns)'. annotated 'Scrubbed' written in large red letters. Notes that bombs are not to be brought back but are to be jettisoned over specified parts of the English Channel.
Date
1944-06-04
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Type
Format
One page form document partially filled in
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Contributor
Identifier
SChattertonJ159568v10024
Transcription
[Diagonally through this page] SCRUBBED
MARQUISE
(2 Heavy Rly Guns)
DATE 4/5-6-44
XLYCAOGNFR | S.J.K.T.Z.M.
[Table of bomb loads]
T.V. 1500 1600
BOMB WEIGHT 8280 8,400
[Table of Preselect]
ZERO. 0055
WINDOWS. NIL NICKELS. NIL EFFORT. 60L
TARGET HEIGHT. 100ft
ROUTE – Base – 5103 x 0102 (A) x Target 5050 x 0141 – 5049 x 0143 (B)
5032 x 0142 (C) – 5050 x 0027 (D) – 5200 x 0030 (E) – Base
METHOD. T.M. – Colour film. Bombs are NOT to be brought back, If cloudy, bomb on glow from markers, if glow is not visible, bomb on appropriate navigational aids.
[Underlined] JETTISON. [/underlined] Bombs must not be jettisoned over Enemy [inserted] Occupied [/inserted] Territory, they may be jettisoned in the English channel at any point S of a line midway between the English & French coast lines, they may NOT be jettisoned N of that line.
On no account may A/C of bomber command bomb ships in the [indecipherable] from N Foreland to Lands End.
MARQUISE
(2 Heavy Rly Guns)
DATE 4/5-6-44
XLYCAOGNFR | S.J.K.T.Z.M.
[Table of bomb loads]
T.V. 1500 1600
BOMB WEIGHT 8280 8,400
[Table of Preselect]
ZERO. 0055
WINDOWS. NIL NICKELS. NIL EFFORT. 60L
TARGET HEIGHT. 100ft
ROUTE – Base – 5103 x 0102 (A) x Target 5050 x 0141 – 5049 x 0143 (B)
5032 x 0142 (C) – 5050 x 0027 (D) – 5200 x 0030 (E) – Base
METHOD. T.M. – Colour film. Bombs are NOT to be brought back, If cloudy, bomb on glow from markers, if glow is not visible, bomb on appropriate navigational aids.
[Underlined] JETTISON. [/underlined] Bombs must not be jettisoned over Enemy [inserted] Occupied [/inserted] Territory, they may be jettisoned in the English channel at any point S of a line midway between the English & French coast lines, they may NOT be jettisoned N of that line.
On no account may A/C of bomber command bomb ships in the [indecipherable] from N Foreland to Lands End.
Citation
“Bomb aimers briefing 4/5 June 1944,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 9, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/7108.
Item Relations
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