Bomb aimers briefing 10 August 1944 - Bordeuvx [sic]
Title
Bomb aimers briefing 10 August 1944 - Bordeuvx [sic]
Bomb aimers briefing 10 August 1944 - Bordeaux
Description
Shows single bomb load for operation. Details distributor, preselection and false height settings. Includes Window, timings, weight and other details. On the reverse flares, Mosquito marking, and other instructions. List of aircraft with captain, height, H + times and other notes.
Date
1944-08-10
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
Two sides front form document partially filled in on the reverse handwritten
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
SChattertonJ159568v10493, SChattertonJ159568v10494
Transcription
[Underlined] BORDEUVX [sic] [/underlined]
DATE [Boxed] 10-8-44 [/boxed]
[Table of bomb loads]
PETROL 1800
DISTRIBUTOR 10yds. – 30FT Centre Bomb .1 sec
T.V. 2810
BOMB WEIGHT 10560 Photo flashes.
[Table of All up weights]
[Table of preselect]
[Table of aircraft heights]
ZERO. [Deleted] 2215 [/deleted] 2230 main force H-Hour.
WINDOWS. 5 Bundles Rate G over target. NICKELS. NIL. EFFORT 60L.
TIME TO TARGET. 3.30. TARGET A.U.W. 59000. TARGET HEIGHT. NIL.
TARGET GROUND SPEED. 200.
BOMBING HEIGHTS. 16,000 – 19000’
BOMBING HEADING. TRACK –
COLOUR FILM – NIL. F.24 Cameras in all A/C.
[Page break]
Marking H – 8 to H.
12 clusters flares each.
3 waves flares.
Mosquitoes may be carrying mosquitoes.
Either Red or Green long burning T.I. ON A.PT.
If inaccurate [sic] re-marked other colour. ON A.PT.
[Underlined] Back up [/underlined] Mosq. or SABS. Red or Green TI’s. ON A.PT.
[Underlined] Innacurate [sic] marker [/underlined] scrubbed by yellows.
Errors up to 200yds will be corrected by false vectored wind
Orbit left handed.
[Boxed] Release must not be made unless accurate run made. [/boxed]
Bombing team
Now – drift to captain on heading.
16
[Table of aircraft and bombing instructions]
[Underlined] Preselections. [/underlined]
[Underlined] Tail fins [/underlined]
DATE [Boxed] 10-8-44 [/boxed]
[Table of bomb loads]
PETROL 1800
DISTRIBUTOR 10yds. – 30FT Centre Bomb .1 sec
T.V. 2810
BOMB WEIGHT 10560 Photo flashes.
[Table of All up weights]
[Table of preselect]
[Table of aircraft heights]
ZERO. [Deleted] 2215 [/deleted] 2230 main force H-Hour.
WINDOWS. 5 Bundles Rate G over target. NICKELS. NIL. EFFORT 60L.
TIME TO TARGET. 3.30. TARGET A.U.W. 59000. TARGET HEIGHT. NIL.
TARGET GROUND SPEED. 200.
BOMBING HEIGHTS. 16,000 – 19000’
BOMBING HEADING. TRACK –
COLOUR FILM – NIL. F.24 Cameras in all A/C.
[Page break]
Marking H – 8 to H.
12 clusters flares each.
3 waves flares.
Mosquitoes may be carrying mosquitoes.
Either Red or Green long burning T.I. ON A.PT.
If inaccurate [sic] re-marked other colour. ON A.PT.
[Underlined] Back up [/underlined] Mosq. or SABS. Red or Green TI’s. ON A.PT.
[Underlined] Innacurate [sic] marker [/underlined] scrubbed by yellows.
Errors up to 200yds will be corrected by false vectored wind
Orbit left handed.
[Boxed] Release must not be made unless accurate run made. [/boxed]
Bombing team
Now – drift to captain on heading.
16
[Table of aircraft and bombing instructions]
[Underlined] Preselections. [/underlined]
[Underlined] Tail fins [/underlined]
Citation
“Bomb aimers briefing 10 August 1944 - Bordeuvx [sic],” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 27, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/7578.
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