Bomb aimers briefing 1 August 1944 - Brest
Title
Bomb aimers briefing 1 August 1944 - Brest
Description
Shows one bomb load for operation. Details distributor, preselection and false height settings. Includes Window, and weights. Shows 5 aircraft in wave 1, six in wave 2 and five in wave 3. On the reverse Mosquito marking points, notes United States troops near target, bombing instruction and list of aircraft with heights.
Date
1944-08-01
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
Two sides frotn form document partially filled in on the reverse handwritten
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Contributor
Identifier
SChattertonJ159568v10450, SChattertonJ159568v10451
Transcription
[Underlined] BREST [/underlined]
1-8-44
59’s .025.
[Table of bomb loads]
PETROL 1400galls.
DISTRIBUTOR 15 yds 1/5.
T.V. 1600
BOMB WEIGHT 13,520
ALL UP. WEIGHT. 64,800
[Table of Preselect]
[Table of aircraft heights]
TIME OFF 2215 E.T.R. 0400 ZERO. 0200 H+10 – H+20.
WINDOWS. 5 PKGS OLD TYPE. Rate G IN Δ area. EFFORT. 65.
TIME TO TARGET. 3 1/2 hrs. TARGET A.U.W. 60,000 TARGET HEIGHT. ZERO.
TARGET POSITION. [deleted] FLOATING DOCK. 51 BASE on Shipping Dock [/deleted]
BOMBING HEIGHTS [deleted] 11 – 13,000’ [/deleted] 12 – 14. BOMBING HEADING. On Track.
[Table of aircraft waves]
COLOUR FILM: KJHVABLT.
PRESET W S & D –
[Underlined] ORBIT – PORT [/underlined]
Spec. Nav & B/A’s. 1915
Captains 1945.
Main 2015
[Boxed] Target Maps. [/boxed]
[Page break]
Flares.
[Underlined] Marking Point [/underlined] Mosquitoes. 1 x 35min. burning Red TI’s [indecipherable] 1 x Red Spot Fires.
H – 8. Vector passed by Controller.
U’.S. troops nearbye [sic] target.
Bombs not to be released unless graticule on the marking point.
Must be brought back unless.
1,000 – 1500 yard errors on yesterdays attack.
May have to bomb visually without false vector.
Controllers R/T callsign – Wormcast.
Stop Bombing – Toadstool
[Deleted] Toadstool. [/deleted] Abandon mission – Piecan
[Table of aircraft heights]
If [underlined] bombing below cloud [/underlined]
Nos. 1 & 16 switches off
No jettison bars.
1-8-44
59’s .025.
[Table of bomb loads]
PETROL 1400galls.
DISTRIBUTOR 15 yds 1/5.
T.V. 1600
BOMB WEIGHT 13,520
ALL UP. WEIGHT. 64,800
[Table of Preselect]
[Table of aircraft heights]
TIME OFF 2215 E.T.R. 0400 ZERO. 0200 H+10 – H+20.
WINDOWS. 5 PKGS OLD TYPE. Rate G IN Δ area. EFFORT. 65.
TIME TO TARGET. 3 1/2 hrs. TARGET A.U.W. 60,000 TARGET HEIGHT. ZERO.
TARGET POSITION. [deleted] FLOATING DOCK. 51 BASE on Shipping Dock [/deleted]
BOMBING HEIGHTS [deleted] 11 – 13,000’ [/deleted] 12 – 14. BOMBING HEADING. On Track.
[Table of aircraft waves]
COLOUR FILM: KJHVABLT.
PRESET W S & D –
[Underlined] ORBIT – PORT [/underlined]
Spec. Nav & B/A’s. 1915
Captains 1945.
Main 2015
[Boxed] Target Maps. [/boxed]
[Page break]
Flares.
[Underlined] Marking Point [/underlined] Mosquitoes. 1 x 35min. burning Red TI’s [indecipherable] 1 x Red Spot Fires.
H – 8. Vector passed by Controller.
U’.S. troops nearbye [sic] target.
Bombs not to be released unless graticule on the marking point.
Must be brought back unless.
1,000 – 1500 yard errors on yesterdays attack.
May have to bomb visually without false vector.
Controllers R/T callsign – Wormcast.
Stop Bombing – Toadstool
[Deleted] Toadstool. [/deleted] Abandon mission – Piecan
[Table of aircraft heights]
If [underlined] bombing below cloud [/underlined]
Nos. 1 & 16 switches off
No jettison bars.
Citation
“Bomb aimers briefing 1 August 1944 - Brest,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 23, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/7550.
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