Bomb aimers briefing 6 July 1944 - Creil
Title
Bomb aimers briefing 6 July 1944 - Creil
Description
Shows a number of bomb loads AMN59 and 65s. Details distributor, preselection and false height settings as well as weights, Window and wave/aircraft allocation. Page is annotated 'Cancelled' in large letters. On the reverse oboe marking and bombing instructions.
Date
1944-07-06
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
Two sides front form document partially filled in on the reverse handwritten
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Contributor
Identifier
SChattertonJ159568v10582, SChattertonJ159568v10583
Transcription
DATE 6 7 44 [Underlined] CREIL [/underlined]
M.C.,59.,&65 G.P. EUGZXF
[Table of bomb loads]
PETROL 1520
DISTRIBUTOR 15X .15
T.V. ZUB 1600 REST 1385
BOMB WEIGHT 13300
ALL UP. WEIGHT. 65344
[Diagonally across the page] Cancelled
[Table of preselection]
[Table of aircraft heights]
TIME OFF [deleted] 2127 OP 2218 [/deleted] E.T.R. ZERO. 0110
WINDOWS. 28 NICKELS. – EFFORT. 209+
TIME TO TARGET. TARGETA.U.W. -3000lbs. TARGET HEIGHT. 120’
Rate
C 0100W to 0130E
Rate [missing] route to French Coast
BOMBING TRACK 028°T
[Table of aircraft waves]
[Page break]
Flare Wave at H. H+2 H+4 (if required)
Oboe Yellow T.I. burning 7mins at H-2
RSF backed with green & Red T.I.
Yellow to cancel
Main force attack H+5.
Aim centre bomb of stick
Orbit: Left
Winds H. ready to put on B/S.
Spoof markers at H-10 30 miles
East of [deleted] Position F. [/deleted]Target Yellow. Green red T.I. & flares.
B/wind 13000’.
Total marking 8R 8G 12RSF
M.C.,59.,&65 G.P. EUGZXF
[Table of bomb loads]
PETROL 1520
DISTRIBUTOR 15X .15
T.V. ZUB 1600 REST 1385
BOMB WEIGHT 13300
ALL UP. WEIGHT. 65344
[Diagonally across the page] Cancelled
[Table of preselection]
[Table of aircraft heights]
TIME OFF [deleted] 2127 OP 2218 [/deleted] E.T.R. ZERO. 0110
WINDOWS. 28 NICKELS. – EFFORT. 209+
TIME TO TARGET. TARGETA.U.W. -3000lbs. TARGET HEIGHT. 120’
Rate
C 0100W to 0130E
Rate [missing] route to French Coast
BOMBING TRACK 028°T
[Table of aircraft waves]
[Page break]
Flare Wave at H. H+2 H+4 (if required)
Oboe Yellow T.I. burning 7mins at H-2
RSF backed with green & Red T.I.
Yellow to cancel
Main force attack H+5.
Aim centre bomb of stick
Orbit: Left
Winds H. ready to put on B/S.
Spoof markers at H-10 30 miles
East of [deleted] Position F. [/deleted]Target Yellow. Green red T.I. & flares.
B/wind 13000’.
Total marking 8R 8G 12RSF
Citation
“Bomb aimers briefing 6 July 1944 - Creil,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 18, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/7690.
Item Relations
| Item: Operations order 6 July 1944 | dcterms:relation | This Item |
| Item: Weight table for squadron aircraft 6 July 1944 | dcterms:relation | This Item |