Bomb aimers briefing 30 December 1944

Bomb aimers briefing 30 December 1944

Shows two bomb loads annotated with weight calculations. Bombing heights and other details. On the reverse; Mosquito marking, aiming notes, routemarkers, bombing winds and other details.

1944-12-30

Two sides form document partially filled in on front and handwritten on reverse

This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.

SChattertonJ159568v10232, SChattertonJ159568v10233

720 1080

DATE 30-12-44

C. D. +18

[Table of bomb loads]

[Calculations]

PETROL. 1350 1500

DISTRIBUTOR .15 .15

T.V. 1660 1660

[Table of calculations for Bomb Weight and All Up Weight]

ZERO. 1500 H-H+5

WINDOWS. Use if enemy flak.

BOMBING HEIGHTS. 10,500-12000

COLOUR FILM: Cameras installed vertically. Print all frames from bomb release.

[Page break]

[Underlined] Southern [deleted] A.PT [/deleted] [/underlined] Point
[Underlined] Mosquitoes [/underlined] T.I. Yellow

[Underlined] Northern [deleted] A.PT. [/deleted] [/underlined] Point.
T.I. Red.

[Underlined] Aiming [/underlined] Using the two sets of markers as a guide crews are to identify the Δ & aim centre bomb of the stick at [deleted] sti [/deleted] the [underlined] western edge [/underlined] of the Δ

No orbitting – [underlined] only one run [/underlined]

[Underlined] Routemarkers [/underlined] [deleted] Mo [/deleted] A/C of leading wing drop a stick of 6 TI’s (12 min. burners) colours Red Green & Yellow at Posns. F & G. All A/C are to turn at these positions when these TI’s are at the bombing angle of the bombsight. This is important in order to prevent A/C of wings from swinging outwards at turning point.

[Underlined] Bombing Winds. [/underlined] Indicated wind at H-5.

[Underlined] Nav. & Bomb Aimers [/underlined] of flank A/C are to allow for their displacement from the central track & prepare their maps accordingly with parallel tracks if necessary.