Bomb aimers briefing 24 February 1944 - Schweinfurt
Title
Bomb aimers briefing 24 February 1944 - Schweinfurt
Description
Shows two bomb loads for operation for three and six aircraft respectively. Details preselection, delay and false height settings and other information. Includes weights and two routes. On the reverse some calculations.
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Date
1944-02-24
Contributor
Anne-Marie Watson
Rights
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Format
Two sides front handwritten form document partially filled in on the reverse handwritten
Language
Identifier
SChattertonJ159568v10737, SChattertonJ159568v10738
Temporal Coverage
Transcription
Specialist 1545
Main. 1615
[Underlined] SHWEINFURT [/underlined]
Date 24-2-44
[Underlined] LOAD I [/underlined] PURHLF
2000 galls. 2000 gals.
H2S XMD
[Table of bomb loads]
XMD
[Table of Preselection]
XMD
PURHLF
[Table of Heights, Time Intervals and F.H.S.]
Effort. 732
Method:
2000
PU [deleted] X [/deleted] R [deleted] D [/deleted] HL [deleted] M [/deleted] F
Force “A” Base – Reading – Beachy Hd 5010N 0130. 4836 0836 – Target – 5015 1025 – 5030 0720 5000 0120 Beachy Head – Reading – Base.
Force “B” Base – Reading – Beachy Hd. – 5010 . 0130 4836 0836 Target
5015 1025 – 5020 1000 – 4836 0836 – 5010 0130 – Beachy Hd. – Reading – Base.
[Page break]
[Calculations]
Main. 1615
[Underlined] SHWEINFURT [/underlined]
Date 24-2-44
[Underlined] LOAD I [/underlined] PURHLF
2000 galls. 2000 gals.
H2S XMD
[Table of bomb loads]
XMD
[Table of Preselection]
XMD
PURHLF
[Table of Heights, Time Intervals and F.H.S.]
Effort. 732
Method:
2000
PU [deleted] X [/deleted] R [deleted] D [/deleted] HL [deleted] M [/deleted] F
Force “A” Base – Reading – Beachy Hd 5010N 0130. 4836 0836 – Target – 5015 1025 – 5030 0720 5000 0120 Beachy Head – Reading – Base.
Force “B” Base – Reading – Beachy Hd. – 5010 . 0130 4836 0836 Target
5015 1025 – 5020 1000 – 4836 0836 – 5010 0130 – Beachy Hd. – Reading – Base.
[Page break]
[Calculations]
Citation
“Bomb aimers briefing 24 February 1944 - Schweinfurt,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed October 31, 2020, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/7887.
Item Relations
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