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Peenemünde
A description of the briefing and attack on Peenemünde 17 August 1943.
Pre-flight briefing
Top, shows five airmen, seated, some in uniform, two taking notes, maps on the wall. Captioned 'Includes Ron Gunse, Pat Butler', '1946 Chivenor'.
Bottom, seven airmen seated, some in uniform, two taking notes. Maps and briefing boards on walls.…
Bottom, seven airmen seated, some in uniform, two taking notes. Maps and briefing boards on walls.…
Aircrew in the Middle East
Top left - five pilots wearing flying helmets with goggles or peaked cap gather round a briefing officer all looking at a map. Captioned 'Being briefed'. Top right - five pilots wearing flying helmets with goggles or peaked cap gather round a…
Bomb aimers briefing 22 February 1944
Shows four bomb loads for operation. Details preselection, delay and false height settings and other information. Mentions MINOL filled and H2S. Page is struck through and annotated 'Scrubbed' in large red letters. On the reverse two routes, marking…
Bomb aimers briefing 24 February 1944
Shows several bomb loads. Details preselection and delay settings. Includes weights and timings.
Bomb aimers briefing 24 February 1944 - Schweinfurt
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.
Bomb aimers briefing 25 February 1944
Shows two bomb loads each for a single aircraft. Details preselection settings and includes window, route and marking method. On the reverse marking and bombing instructions.
Bomb aimers briefing 25 February 1944 - Augsburg
Annotated 'Augsburg, MINOL Filled, SXUHOTML'. ) Shows four bomb loads for operation for seven, six, one and two aircraft respectively. Details preselection, delay and false height settings and other information. Includes weights, zero hour, Window,…
Bomb aimers briefing 28 February 1944
Shows four bomb loads for operation for four, four with H2S, two and three aircraft respectively. Details preselection and delay settings. Page is struck through and annotated 'Scrubbed' in large letters.
Bomb aimers briefing 1 March 1944 - Stuttgart
Annotated 'Stuttgart, MINOL YLXZTU'. Shows three bomb loads for operation. Details preselection, delay and false height settings and other information. Includes weights, Window, effort level and marking method. Mentions Pathfinders, route marking and…
Bomb aimers briefing 4 March 1944
Shows two bomb loads for six and seven aircraft annotated H2S respectively. Details preselection, time interval and false height settings. Includes timing, weights, Window effort, route and marking method. as well as bombing instructions. Page is…
Bomb aimers briefing 5 March 1944
Shows two bomb loads for operation. Details preselection, time interval and false height settings as well as other information. Includes weights, timing, effort level, Window, Pathfinder marking and bombing instructions. Mentions route markers and…
Bomb aimers briefing 6 March 1943
Shows two bomb loads for operation. Details preselection, time interval and false height settings. Includes weights, Window, times, marking method and bombing instructions. Page is struck through and annotated 'Scrubbed' in large letters. On the…
Bomb aimers briefing 10 March 1944
Shows five bomb loads for two, one, seven, four and one aircraft respectively. Details preselection settings and other information. Includes weights, timings and other details. On the reverse route and other information.
Bomb aimers briefing 15 March 1944 - Stuttgart
Shows a number of bomb loads for operation. Details preselection, delay and false height settings and other information. Includes weights, Window, effort level, route, marking method. Pathfinders, and bombing instructions. On the reverse more bombing…
Bomb aimers briefing 16 March 1944
Shows several bomb loads for operation. Details preselection and false height settings and other information. Includes weights, Window, timings, route and marking method. Mentions Pathfinders and notes bombing instructions. Page is struck through and…
Bomb aimers briefing 18 March 1944 - Frankfurt
Annotated at the top 'Minols, OK'. Shows three bomb loads for operation. Details preselection and other settings for bombs. Includes weights, timings, Window, effort level, route, waves , marking method and bombing instructions. Annotated 'Frankfurt'…
Bomb aimers briefing 19 March 1944
Shows four bomb loads. Details preselection settings and other information. Includes weights, Window, timings, route, marking method, Pathfinder timings and bombing instructions. Mentions spoof fighter flares and spoof Mosquito on Berlin. Page is…
Bomb aimers briefing 20 March 1944
Shows four bomb loads. Details preselection settings and other information. Includes weights, timing, Window, effort level, route and wave allocation and timings. The page is struck througfh and annotated 'Scrubbed' in large letters. On the reverse…
Bomb aimers briefing 21 March 1944
Shows two bomb loads. Details preselection settings. Includes Window, timings, route, wave aircraft allocations, marking methods, pathfinders timings, and other instructions. Struck through and annotated 'Scrubbed' in large red letters. On the…
Bomb aimers briefing 22 March 1944 - Frankfurt
Shops two bomb loads for operation for four and remaining aircraft. Details preselection false height and delay settings (the last two struck through) and other information. Includes timings, Window, effort level, route, wave aircraft allocations.…
Bomb aimers briefing 24 March 1944 - Berlin
Shows three bomb loads for operation. Details preselection, false height and delay settings. Includes weights, Window, timings, route, wave allocations and times, marking method (Newhaven) and bombing instructions. On the reverse more bombing…
Bomb aimers briefing 26 March 1944 - Essen
Shows a single bomb load for operation. details preselection, false height and delay settings. Includes weights, timings, window, route, wave aircraft allocations and timings. Marking method includes Mosquito and other bombing instructions.
Bomb aimers briefing
Annotated 'MINOLS'. Shows four bomb loads for operation. Details preselection, false height and delay settings. Annotated 'Scrubbed' in large red letters. On the reverse some notes.
Bomb aimers briefing - Toulouse
Shows three bomb loads for operation. Details preselection and false height settings. Includes timing, weights, Window, effort level, route and marking method.