Bomb aimers briefing 12 August 1944 - Brunswick
Title
Bomb aimers briefing 12 August 1944 - Brunswick
Description
Shows a single bomb load for operation and includes distributor, and preselection settings, timings and other details. On the reverse instructions for H2S aircraft, list of aircraft and headings and Window instructions.
Date
1944-08-12
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
Two sides front form document partially filled in on the reverse handwritten
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
SChattertonJ159568v10485, SChattertonJ159568v10486
Transcription
[Boxed] BRUNSWICK [/boxed]
DATE 12-8-44
[Table of bomb loads]
PETROL [Deleted] 1800 [/deleted] 1900.
DISTRIBUTOR 20yds
T.V. 1000
[Calculations]
BOMB WEIGHT 8,300
ALL UP. WEIGHT. [Deleted] 62,460 [/deleted] 63,680
TIME OFF. [Deleted] 20 [/deleted] 2105 ZERO. H – H+3 (wave 1) 0005
WINDOWS. 30
TIME TO TARGET. 2.10 TARGET HEIGHT 250’
TARGET GROUND SPEED. 300
Command Bullseye.
[Page break]
If H2S u/s bomb MPI of incendiaries.
[Table of aircraft and heights]
[Underlined] Window Type [/underlined] MB – to be dropped from 0430E to target & back to 0430E at rate 1 per minute. MTH of 44. XVHQ of 619.
Old type window to be dropped from 0430E to within 20 miles of Δ.
Rate G (5 per min.) within 20 miles – Δ & then 2 per minute back to 0430E – (U O S Q F L G R of 44)
ASI BL/20.
DATE 12-8-44
[Table of bomb loads]
PETROL [Deleted] 1800 [/deleted] 1900.
DISTRIBUTOR 20yds
T.V. 1000
[Calculations]
BOMB WEIGHT 8,300
ALL UP. WEIGHT. [Deleted] 62,460 [/deleted] 63,680
TIME OFF. [Deleted] 20 [/deleted] 2105 ZERO. H – H+3 (wave 1) 0005
WINDOWS. 30
TIME TO TARGET. 2.10 TARGET HEIGHT 250’
TARGET GROUND SPEED. 300
Command Bullseye.
[Page break]
If H2S u/s bomb MPI of incendiaries.
[Table of aircraft and heights]
[Underlined] Window Type [/underlined] MB – to be dropped from 0430E to target & back to 0430E at rate 1 per minute. MTH of 44. XVHQ of 619.
Old type window to be dropped from 0430E to within 20 miles of Δ.
Rate G (5 per min.) within 20 miles – Δ & then 2 per minute back to 0430E – (U O S Q F L G R of 44)
ASI BL/20.
Citation
“Bomb aimers briefing 12 August 1944 - Brunswick,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 30, 2023, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/7573.
Item Relations
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