Bombing notes - Schweinfurt

Bombing notes - Schweinfurt

Covers marking method, route markers, Pathfinders and bombing instructions. Shows five waves with aircraft allocated to each. Details Window and effort level. Annotated 'Schweinfurt' at the bottom left.

One page handwritten document

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[underlined] METHOD [/underlined]

A – 2305
B – 0105

Newhaven in A. [underlined] Paramatta in B. [/underlined] Wanganui in both if too cloudy i.e. Flares green / red stars.

[underlined] Route Markers [/underlined] – Flares red steady outward P = 4900 x 0650 (A&B). P.F.F. sticks of Flares green T.I. at Zero - 6 minutes. Aiming Pt. marked by large salvoes of Red T.I. Kept marked throughout (Force A only). P.F.F. open with with [sic] green T.I. in target area at Zero – 2 minutes aiming point then marked with T.I red (B).

In both attacks aim at centre of all T.I red [underlined] or [/underlined] at centre of Flares green / red on exact heading of 0507. Bombsight true Ht. A/S Zero wind. Main Force must [underlined] not [/underlined] drop [indecipherable word] before Zero.

Route markers : [circled A] Red TI off track at Posn Q – 5046N 0605E. [circled B] Red Flare steady on track Posn “R” – 4846N0705E

Wave No.1
K, C, Z,

< 2 >
A, Q, T

3
P, - U, X, R, D

4
H, L, M, F.

5
J & 0

1 NICKLE [sic]
[underlined] WINDOW [/underlined]
A 27
B 29
J & O Extra 13 Every 10 secs on Bombing run

[deleted] Schenfurt [/deleted]
Schwenfurt [sic]