391st BOMB GROUP: Field Order No. 160
| SECTION |
VALUE |
| Field Order: | 160 |
| Reel: | B0435a |
| Page Start: | 123 |
| Mission: | 112 |
| Date Order Sent: | 11 Jul 1944 |
| Zero Hour (Day number + Time): | 111600b |
| Target(s) (Primary, Secondary, Alternate): | Z3158 |
| Fighter Escort: | P-38s of IX Fighter Command will furnish escort. |
| Rendezvous: | with fighters at Beachy Head, 1st box at 13000 feet at zero hour plus 23 min, 2nd box 12500 feet at zero hour plus 34 min. |
| Route Out: | base to Beachy Head to 50d03n/00d33e to target. |
| Route Back: | target turn left to Dungeness to base. |
| Altitudes: | 1st box 13000, 2nd box 12500 feet. |
| Initial Point (IP): | 50d03n/00d33e |
| Axis of Attack: | 110 Degrees. |
| Emergency Airdromes: | |
| Intervalometer Setting: | 70 feet |
| Bomb Load: | 2x2000gp fused 1/10 sec nose and 1/40 sec tail. |
| Purpose/Notes: | all ships will carry window. Formations will be prepared to bomb blind or visual. Where scheduled to bomb blind, the group leader will decide if he can bomb visual and will call PFF leader and tell him. In case of doubt, however, the Pathfinder leader will continue on to his target and bomb blind even if the group leader may decide as he approaches the target to bomb visually. |