Bomb aimers briefing 10 September 1944 - Le Havre

Bomb aimers briefing 10 September 1944 - Le Havre

Shows a single bomb load for operation. Details weights, distributor, preselection and false height settings. Shows timings and other detail. On the reverse; marking, safety measures, call signs and timings. Formation order for Waddington, Skellingthorpe and Fiskerton. Master bomber instruction if target obscured. Visual signals and bombing heights for each aircraft.

1944-09-10

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

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SChattertonJ159568v10440, SChattertonJ159568v10441

LE HAVRE

DATE 10-9-44

[Table of bomb loads]

PETROL 1200

DISTRIBUTOR 50 yards.

T.V. 1600

BOMB WEIGHT 13520

ALL UP. WEIGHT. 63,360

[Table of Preselect]

[Table of aircraft heights]

TIME OFF 1520 E.T.R. 1850 ZERO. 1720

WINDOWS. NIL NICKELS. – EFFORT. 800.

TIME TO TARGET. 2 hrs. TARGET A.U.W. 60,000lbs TARGET HEIGHT. 150’

BOMBING HEADING. 129° track.

[Table of aircraft waves]

Waddington [underlined] Skelly Scampton [/underlined]

1230 – A/B’s.
1315 - Main

[Page break]

APT. marked H-5 - H+3 TI Green

Backed up TI Red 4000’ cascade – White trails.

Aim centre bomb at MPI of TI’s.

[Underlined] Safety measures [/underlined] Home on lattice line
Bomb doors to be opened before reaching coast
Bomb sight to be switched on before coast.
As graticule crosses coast A/Bomber calls “coast” & Nav. on stop watch counts number of seconds.
or release on co-ordinated.

Yellow markers are not to be bombed – These indicate the position of our own troops.

[Underlined] Callsigns [/underlined] Controller – Deckhouse.
Main Force. Nelson
Abandon Chatterbox.

1645.
1705
V GROUP. 1720

Waddington lead
Skellingthorpe second.
52 forming over Fiskerton. Leaders bombing at 12,000’
2 minutes between each wave.

If Δ is obscured by cloud master bomber id to tell crews to orbit & await instructions but not to orbit for more than 10 [deleted] seconds. [/deleted] mins.

[Underlined] Orbit [/underlined] – Left handed.

Bombing Wind VHF & W/T by H-5.

[Underlined] Visual Signals [/underlined] Green verys.

Millington [Table of aircraft and heights]

Each crew to find & use its own bombing wind.