391st BOMB GROUP: Field Order No. 55
SECTION VALUE
Field Order:55
Reel:B0432
Page Start:1807
Mission:59
Date Order Sent:12 May 1944
Zero Hour (Day number + Time):131130b
Target(s) (Primary, Secondary, Alternate):zb50 (p). 060044 (24 a/c), 054042 (6 a/c), 065283 (6 a/c). Z835 (s).
Fighter Escort:9th Fighter Command will furnish P-47 escort for 391BG.
Rendezvous:with fighters at 51d15n/02d20e at 11599 feet at zero hour.
Route Out:base to the Naze to 51d15n/02d20e to Nivelles to 50d24n/04d10e to target.
Route Back:turn right to Audenard to Furnes to North Foreland.
Altitudes:
Initial Point (IP):50d24n/04d10e
Axis of Attack:315 Degrees
Emergency Airdromes:
Intervalometer Setting:50 feet
Bomb Load:16x250gp fused 1/40 sec tail.
Purpose/Notes:bombing will be by flights of sixes on converging axes of attack. Altitudes will be standard 11500 feet for 1st box and 11000 for 2nd box from time of leaving friendly coast to time of leaving enemy coast. Bombs will not be released if reasonable doubt exists that they will not hit ordered MPI. Second runs will be made to hit target if necessary unless intense flak or prohibitive cloud coverage exists.