Bomb aimers briefing 16 March 1944
Title
Bomb aimers briefing 16 March 1944
Description
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 annotated 'Cancelled' in large red letters. On the reverse short notes.
Date
1944-03-16
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
Two sides front handwritten form document partially filled in on the reverse handwritten
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
SChattertonJ159568v10697, SChattertonJ159568v10698
Transcription
MAIN
1715
MINOLS – Z,K,D,T,R.
DATE 16-3-44
[Underlined] LOAD I. LOAD II. [/underlined]
Z K C D T L.R X P Q A H B S & O
2100 GALLS
[Diagonally across the page] SCRUBBED
[Table of bomb loads]
[Table of Preselection]
[Table of aircraft height]
Petrol. 2100 Time Off. [deleted] 17 [/deleted] 1945 Target Ht. 1770.
Q.F.F. Windows. 28 PKTS. Nickels. NIL.
ZERO. 2315 Take Off. E.T.R.
3 1/2 hrs. Target. A.U.W. Effort. 545 V Group 176.
Decoys.
Method:-
Base – 5200 – 0240 E – 5020 x 0410 – 4828 x 0740
4840 x 1052 – TARGET – 4758 x 1150 – 4740 x 1130
4820 x 0100 – 4918 x 0010W – Selsey Bill – Reading – Base.
Newhaven with [circled] W [/circled] as emergency.
PFF will open Sticks flares & T I green in target area.
A.P. then marked large salvoes mixed TI green & red & will be kept marked with TI Red. If cloud obscures TI’s release point marked flares RED/YELLOW stars. Main force who arrive early aim at mixed Red & Green TI. if visible, otherwise at
[Page break]
centre of Reds. [Boxed] W [/boxed] – Red/Yellow Hdg. 140°M.
No incendiaries to be dropped before zero hour.
Mosquitoes will drop Green Flares at Stuttgart.
1715
MINOLS – Z,K,D,T,R.
DATE 16-3-44
[Underlined] LOAD I. LOAD II. [/underlined]
Z K C D T L.R X P Q A H B S & O
2100 GALLS
[Diagonally across the page] SCRUBBED
[Table of bomb loads]
[Table of Preselection]
[Table of aircraft height]
Petrol. 2100 Time Off. [deleted] 17 [/deleted] 1945 Target Ht. 1770.
Q.F.F. Windows. 28 PKTS. Nickels. NIL.
ZERO. 2315 Take Off. E.T.R.
3 1/2 hrs. Target. A.U.W. Effort. 545 V Group 176.
Decoys.
Method:-
Base – 5200 – 0240 E – 5020 x 0410 – 4828 x 0740
4840 x 1052 – TARGET – 4758 x 1150 – 4740 x 1130
4820 x 0100 – 4918 x 0010W – Selsey Bill – Reading – Base.
Newhaven with [circled] W [/circled] as emergency.
PFF will open Sticks flares & T I green in target area.
A.P. then marked large salvoes mixed TI green & red & will be kept marked with TI Red. If cloud obscures TI’s release point marked flares RED/YELLOW stars. Main force who arrive early aim at mixed Red & Green TI. if visible, otherwise at
[Page break]
centre of Reds. [Boxed] W [/boxed] – Red/Yellow Hdg. 140°M.
No incendiaries to be dropped before zero hour.
Mosquitoes will drop Green Flares at Stuttgart.
Citation
“Bomb aimers briefing 16 March 1944,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 24, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/7810.
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