Bomb aimers briefing 24 August 1944 - Königsberg
Title
Bomb aimers briefing 24 August 1944 - Königsberg
Bomb aimers briefing 24 August 1944 - Koningsburg [sic]
Description
Shows two bomb loads for operation, one with conventional bombs, the other with mines. Covers preselector and false height settings as well as other details. Page is struck through and annotated 'Scrubbed'. On the reverse marking (blind) wind speed and direction time, gardening height and a list of aircraft with wave and heights.
Date
1944-08-24
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
Two sides front form document partially filled in on the reverse handwritten
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
SChattertonJ159568v10460, SChattertonJ159568v10461
Transcription
[Underlined] KӦNINGSBURG [/underlined]
DATE 24-8-44 [underlined] MINING [/underlined]
(Z) F O
[Diagonally through this page] SCRUBBED
[Table of bomb loads]
PETROL 2154 2154
DISTRIBUTOR .13 – 12 yards.
T.V. 1000
BOMB WEIGHT 8,174 7750 7600
ALL UP. WEIGHT. 64,874 + window 65,334 64,450 MK IV 64,300 MK VI + window
[Table of Preselect]
[Table of aircraft heights]
TIME OFF 2015 E.T.R. 0600 ZERO. 0130
WINDOWS. 20 MB 40 old type
TIME TO TARGET. 4.33. TARGET HEIGHT. 40’
BOMBING HEADING. 019°T
[Table of bombing heights]
COLOUR FILM: TRVYXMJFU.
[Calculations]
[Page break]
[Underlined] Marking [/underlined]
If 10/10 cloud.
1st wave blind marking.
Backers up mark visually.
A/C with H2S bomb blind.
[Underlined] WS & D – H-5. [/underlined]
[Underlined] Gardening [/underlined] – 12,000 – 13,000’
[Underlined] Orbit [/underlined] L.H.
[Table of aircraft waves and bombing heights]
SPARE S & Q
[Boxed] Spec. 1730 Main 1800 [/boxed]
DATE 24-8-44 [underlined] MINING [/underlined]
(Z) F O
[Diagonally through this page] SCRUBBED
[Table of bomb loads]
PETROL 2154 2154
DISTRIBUTOR .13 – 12 yards.
T.V. 1000
BOMB WEIGHT 8,174 7750 7600
ALL UP. WEIGHT. 64,874 + window 65,334 64,450 MK IV 64,300 MK VI + window
[Table of Preselect]
[Table of aircraft heights]
TIME OFF 2015 E.T.R. 0600 ZERO. 0130
WINDOWS. 20 MB 40 old type
TIME TO TARGET. 4.33. TARGET HEIGHT. 40’
BOMBING HEADING. 019°T
[Table of bombing heights]
COLOUR FILM: TRVYXMJFU.
[Calculations]
[Page break]
[Underlined] Marking [/underlined]
If 10/10 cloud.
1st wave blind marking.
Backers up mark visually.
A/C with H2S bomb blind.
[Underlined] WS & D – H-5. [/underlined]
[Underlined] Gardening [/underlined] – 12,000 – 13,000’
[Underlined] Orbit [/underlined] L.H.
[Table of aircraft waves and bombing heights]
SPARE S & Q
[Boxed] Spec. 1730 Main 1800 [/boxed]
Citation
“Bomb aimers briefing 24 August 1944 - Königsberg,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 23, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/7555.
Item Relations
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