Bomb aimers briefing 24 March 1944 - Berlin
Title
Bomb aimers briefing 24 March 1944 - Berlin
Description
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 instructions and numbers and targets of Mosquito aircraft.
Date
1944-03-24
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
Two sides front handwritten form document filled in on the reverse handwritten
Publisher
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Contributor
Identifier
SChattertonJ159568v10671, SChattertonJ159568v10672
Transcription
BERLIN
DATE:- 24.3.44
1800 GALLS
① ② J Q K.
[Table of Bomb Loads]
[Table of Bomb Preselection]
[Table of False Height Setting]
TIME OFF ZERO HOUR 2230 TIME TO TARGET.
E.T.R. TARGET A.U.W.
WINDOWS [underlined] 30mls [/underlined] CD.C NICKELS 1 PKT.
EFFORT 803 – 90HX III
ROUTE BASE – A 5440 X 0430 – B 5515 X 0940 – C 5420 X 1222
D 5306 X 1352 – TARGET – E 5205 X 1300E – F 5150 X 1000 –
G 5240 X 0800E – H 5250 X 0400 – Base.
[Table of Aircraft Waves]
[Underlined] METHOD [/underlined] Newhaven ground marking with [boxed] W [/boxed] as emergency.
Attack opens at Z-5 with sticks of flares & Green T.I. in area. A/P then marked large salvoes of mixed red & green bundles & kept marked Red T.I. [Boxed] W [/boxed] Red/Yellow stars 217°M.
Main Force arriving early should aim at large salvos of Red & Green TI. otherwise at centre of Red TI. (NB decoys weaker & shorter burning)
[Page break]
No incendiaries before zero hour.
Listen out on Darky frequency when near target. 1 Mosquito & 1 Lancaster will act as masterbombers.
Callsigns:- Mosq. POMMY
Lanc. REDSKIN.
11 Mosquitos on Kiel
2 Mosquitos on Munster
19 Mosquitos Enemy Arifields.
DATE:- 24.3.44
1800 GALLS
① ② J Q K.
[Table of Bomb Loads]
[Table of Bomb Preselection]
[Table of False Height Setting]
TIME OFF ZERO HOUR 2230 TIME TO TARGET.
E.T.R. TARGET A.U.W.
WINDOWS [underlined] 30mls [/underlined] CD.C NICKELS 1 PKT.
EFFORT 803 – 90HX III
ROUTE BASE – A 5440 X 0430 – B 5515 X 0940 – C 5420 X 1222
D 5306 X 1352 – TARGET – E 5205 X 1300E – F 5150 X 1000 –
G 5240 X 0800E – H 5250 X 0400 – Base.
[Table of Aircraft Waves]
[Underlined] METHOD [/underlined] Newhaven ground marking with [boxed] W [/boxed] as emergency.
Attack opens at Z-5 with sticks of flares & Green T.I. in area. A/P then marked large salvoes of mixed red & green bundles & kept marked Red T.I. [Boxed] W [/boxed] Red/Yellow stars 217°M.
Main Force arriving early should aim at large salvos of Red & Green TI. otherwise at centre of Red TI. (NB decoys weaker & shorter burning)
[Page break]
No incendiaries before zero hour.
Listen out on Darky frequency when near target. 1 Mosquito & 1 Lancaster will act as masterbombers.
Callsigns:- Mosq. POMMY
Lanc. REDSKIN.
11 Mosquitos on Kiel
2 Mosquitos on Munster
19 Mosquitos Enemy Arifields.
Citation
“Bomb aimers briefing 24 March 1944 - Berlin,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/7789.
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