Bomb aimers briefing 11 August 1944 - Givors
Title
Bomb aimers briefing 11 August 1944 - Givors
Description
Shows three bomb loads for ten, six and four aircraft respectively although last four are struck through. Show distributor, preselecetion and false height settings, Window, weights, timing, bombing heights and other details. At the bottom call signs. On the reverse flares and marking plan, bombing instructions, window details and list of aircraft with wave and bombing height.
Date
1944-08-11
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
Two sides front form document partially filled in on the reverse handwritten
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
SChattertonJ159568v10489, SChattertonJ159568v10490
Transcription
[Boxed] GIVORS [/boxed]
DATE 11-8-44
FQJPSHAUMV G [deleted] E(619) [/deleted] B OKTLZ [deleted] KTLZ [/deleted]
[Table of bomb loads]
PETROL [deleted] 1960 [/deleted] 2000
[Table of Distributor, T.V. and weights]
[Table of preselect]
[Table of aircraft heights]
TIME OFF 2025 E.T.R. 0430 ZERO. 0100
WINDOWS. 6 Bundles old type ‘C’ 3 bundles new. MB. NICKELS. - EFFORT. –
TIME TO TARGET. 4hrs. TARGET A.U.W. 59,000. TARGET HEIGHT. 380’
TARGET GROUND SPEED. 207.
BOMBING HEIGHTS. 6-9000 BOMBING HEADING. [Underlined] On track. [/underlined]
[Table of aircraft waves]
COLOUR FILM: FAOS.
Callsigns – Controller –
Stop bombing:- Brown Jug.
All V GP A/C Fullhouse.
[Page break]
[Underlined] Flares. [/underlined] H-12 – H-10 – H-8 [Boxed] A.PT. ‘A’ [/boxed]
N. [Underlined] Marking Point:- [/underlined] Red TI’s (4 mosquitoes) Marking offset.
[Underlined] Backed up [/underlined] Red TI.
[Underlined] Long burning Yellow [/underlined] TI on run-up at Posn. 4538N x 0448E bearing 047° - 2 miles from the Northern A. PT. to assist on run up to Δ
Vector wind issued by controller to bring bomb across A. PT.
Centre bomb of stick at Marking Point using the vector wind b’cast by the controller.
Yellow TI’s cancel wide markers.
[Underlined] orbitting. [sic] [/underlined] Run over if marking not complete – 3 - 120° turns to port.
53 Base on Southern A. PT – “B” (Using Green TI’s).
[Underlined] Window [/underlined] Old Type on route & in T/Area if Flak or S/L seen. New type S of 48°N if fighters.
[Table of aircraft, Waves and Bombing Heights]
DATE 11-8-44
FQJPSHAUMV G [deleted] E(619) [/deleted] B OKTLZ [deleted] KTLZ [/deleted]
[Table of bomb loads]
PETROL [deleted] 1960 [/deleted] 2000
[Table of Distributor, T.V. and weights]
[Table of preselect]
[Table of aircraft heights]
TIME OFF 2025 E.T.R. 0430 ZERO. 0100
WINDOWS. 6 Bundles old type ‘C’ 3 bundles new. MB. NICKELS. - EFFORT. –
TIME TO TARGET. 4hrs. TARGET A.U.W. 59,000. TARGET HEIGHT. 380’
TARGET GROUND SPEED. 207.
BOMBING HEIGHTS. 6-9000 BOMBING HEADING. [Underlined] On track. [/underlined]
[Table of aircraft waves]
COLOUR FILM: FAOS.
Callsigns – Controller –
Stop bombing:- Brown Jug.
All V GP A/C Fullhouse.
[Page break]
[Underlined] Flares. [/underlined] H-12 – H-10 – H-8 [Boxed] A.PT. ‘A’ [/boxed]
N. [Underlined] Marking Point:- [/underlined] Red TI’s (4 mosquitoes) Marking offset.
[Underlined] Backed up [/underlined] Red TI.
[Underlined] Long burning Yellow [/underlined] TI on run-up at Posn. 4538N x 0448E bearing 047° - 2 miles from the Northern A. PT. to assist on run up to Δ
Vector wind issued by controller to bring bomb across A. PT.
Centre bomb of stick at Marking Point using the vector wind b’cast by the controller.
Yellow TI’s cancel wide markers.
[Underlined] orbitting. [sic] [/underlined] Run over if marking not complete – 3 - 120° turns to port.
53 Base on Southern A. PT – “B” (Using Green TI’s).
[Underlined] Window [/underlined] Old Type on route & in T/Area if Flak or S/L seen. New type S of 48°N if fighters.
[Table of aircraft, Waves and Bombing Heights]
Citation
“Bomb aimers briefing 11 August 1944 - Givors ,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed August 24, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/7575.
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