Bomb aimers briefing 3 August 1944 Joessy St Maxmin [sic]
Title
Bomb aimers briefing 3 August 1944 Joessy St Maxmin [sic]
Bomb aimers briefing 3 August 1944 Trossy St Maximin
Description
Shows one bomb load for operation. Details distributor, preselection and false height settings. Includes weights, Window and bombing heights. On the reverse; the marking plan, form up over Conningsby, formations, bomber controller position and call signs. List aircraft letter and corresponding height.
Date
1944-08-03
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
Two sides front form document partially filled in on the reverse handwritten
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Contributor
Identifier
SChattertonJ159568v10512, SChattertonJ159568v10513
Transcription
[Boxed] JOESSY ST MAXMIN [/boxed]
DATE 3-8-44
[Table of bomb loads]
PETROL 1400
DISTRIBUTOR 15 YDS
BOMB WEIGHT 13080
ALL UP. WEIGHT. 64,510.
[Table of preselect]
[Table of aircraft height and false heights]
TIME OFF 1130 E.T.R. 1645 ZERO 1430. H+3.
WINDOWS. 15 PKGS. Drop at Rate G in Δ area if engaged by flak. NICKELS. NIL
TARGET A.U.W. 62,000 TARGET HEIGHT 250FT.
BOMBING HEIGHTS. 15-18,000’
[Page break]
[Boxed SAFE [/boxed]
[Underlined] Marking Point[/underlined] Oboe Red TI. cascading from 5000’ for 7 minutes. H-4, H-3, H-2.
Use Oboe only as a guide on run in.
Bomb visually or on markers if visual bombing not possible.
S/C 9, - 12,000’ over Coningsby.
2 V’s of 3 A/C one at top height & one at bottom. White Fins and vertical black stripes.
[Underlined] NB [/underlined] Controller is in Lanc flying astern of bottom vic with fins marked with a white cross. 54 Base firing Red vereys every 10 mins from base to English coast.
If markers become obscured by smoke crews are not to drop their bombs blindly into the smoke but are to aim carefully at the upwind edge of the main smoke concentration.
Controllers callsign – HOOKY
Cease Bombing. [Underlined] BISCUIT BOX [/underlined]
Bombing wind by H -5.
Bombing heading on track.
[Underlined] No orbitting. [/underlined]
[Table of individual aircraft heights]
DATE 3-8-44
[Table of bomb loads]
PETROL 1400
DISTRIBUTOR 15 YDS
BOMB WEIGHT 13080
ALL UP. WEIGHT. 64,510.
[Table of preselect]
[Table of aircraft height and false heights]
TIME OFF 1130 E.T.R. 1645 ZERO 1430. H+3.
WINDOWS. 15 PKGS. Drop at Rate G in Δ area if engaged by flak. NICKELS. NIL
TARGET A.U.W. 62,000 TARGET HEIGHT 250FT.
BOMBING HEIGHTS. 15-18,000’
[Page break]
[Boxed SAFE [/boxed]
[Underlined] Marking Point[/underlined] Oboe Red TI. cascading from 5000’ for 7 minutes. H-4, H-3, H-2.
Use Oboe only as a guide on run in.
Bomb visually or on markers if visual bombing not possible.
S/C 9, - 12,000’ over Coningsby.
2 V’s of 3 A/C one at top height & one at bottom. White Fins and vertical black stripes.
[Underlined] NB [/underlined] Controller is in Lanc flying astern of bottom vic with fins marked with a white cross. 54 Base firing Red vereys every 10 mins from base to English coast.
If markers become obscured by smoke crews are not to drop their bombs blindly into the smoke but are to aim carefully at the upwind edge of the main smoke concentration.
Controllers callsign – HOOKY
Cease Bombing. [Underlined] BISCUIT BOX [/underlined]
Bombing wind by H -5.
Bombing heading on track.
[Underlined] No orbitting. [/underlined]
[Table of individual aircraft heights]
Citation
“Bomb aimers briefing 3 August 1944 Joessy St Maxmin [sic] ,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 16, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/7603.
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