Bomb aimers briefing 3 September 1944 - Deelen Airfield
Title
Bomb aimers briefing 3 September 1944 - Deelen Airfield
Description
Shows one bomb load for operation and notes all half hour delay. Details distributor, preselection and false height settings. Includes timings, Window and route details. On the reverse pathfinder aircraft task, notes other airfields nearby, Mosquito marking, airfield sketch map with aiming points. Includes bombing instruction and call signs.
Date
1944-09-03
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
Two sides front form document partially filled in on the reverse hand written
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Contributor
Identifier
SChattertonJ159568v10448, SChattertonJ159568v10449
Transcription
[Boxed] DEELEN [/BOXED]
Date 3-9-44
[Table of bomb loads] All 1/2 hr. delays.
PETROL 1400
DISTRIBUTOR 12yds .12
T.V. 1600
BOMB WEIGHT 13,520
ALL UP. WEIGHT. 64.800
[Table of Preselect]
[Table of aircraft heights]
TIME OFF [deleted] 1140 [/deleted] 1450. E.T.R. 1900 ZERO. [deleted] 1400 [/deleted] 1730 H – H+ 2.
WINDOWS. 5 Bundles NICKELS - EFFORT. 100
TARGET HEIGHT. 100’
ROUTE: Base – 5330N x 0230E – 5215N x 0426E (B)
5215N x 0516E (C) – Target – 5200N x 0550E (D) – 5202N x 0511E
E – B – Base
BOMBING HEIGHTS. 14 – 16000’. BOMBING HEADING [/underlined] On track [/underlined]
COLOUR FILM: I H
[Boxed] 1310 Main [/boxed]
[Page break]
Pathfinder A/C will draw ahead of Main Forces to arrive at targets at H-3 mins.
Other [deleted] A/C [/deleted] airfields are being attacked same zero hour.
52 base lead if allowed by 55 base, then by 106 Sqdn.
52 base find Bombing wind for whole force.
Mosquitoes to mark the APT. with smoke markers at H-6.
[Diagrams]
Must aim bombs at the AP. not a general prang on the APT.
API Mosq. finds Bombing wind & passes it to Controller at H-8.
Bombing wind at 15000’ corrected at H-5.
52 base run straight to Δ from posn C.
One orbit only – right handed. is permitted in the target area if the target is not seen on the first run.
[Underlined] Controllers callsign [/underlined] – Freegift controller.
[Underlined] Codewords [/underlined]
Date 3-9-44
[Table of bomb loads] All 1/2 hr. delays.
PETROL 1400
DISTRIBUTOR 12yds .12
T.V. 1600
BOMB WEIGHT 13,520
ALL UP. WEIGHT. 64.800
[Table of Preselect]
[Table of aircraft heights]
TIME OFF [deleted] 1140 [/deleted] 1450. E.T.R. 1900 ZERO. [deleted] 1400 [/deleted] 1730 H – H+ 2.
WINDOWS. 5 Bundles NICKELS - EFFORT. 100
TARGET HEIGHT. 100’
ROUTE: Base – 5330N x 0230E – 5215N x 0426E (B)
5215N x 0516E (C) – Target – 5200N x 0550E (D) – 5202N x 0511E
E – B – Base
BOMBING HEIGHTS. 14 – 16000’. BOMBING HEADING [/underlined] On track [/underlined]
COLOUR FILM: I H
[Boxed] 1310 Main [/boxed]
[Page break]
Pathfinder A/C will draw ahead of Main Forces to arrive at targets at H-3 mins.
Other [deleted] A/C [/deleted] airfields are being attacked same zero hour.
52 base lead if allowed by 55 base, then by 106 Sqdn.
52 base find Bombing wind for whole force.
Mosquitoes to mark the APT. with smoke markers at H-6.
[Diagrams]
Must aim bombs at the AP. not a general prang on the APT.
API Mosq. finds Bombing wind & passes it to Controller at H-8.
Bombing wind at 15000’ corrected at H-5.
52 base run straight to Δ from posn C.
One orbit only – right handed. is permitted in the target area if the target is not seen on the first run.
[Underlined] Controllers callsign [/underlined] – Freegift controller.
[Underlined] Codewords [/underlined]
Citation
“Bomb aimers briefing 3 September 1944 - Deelen Airfield,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/7548.
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