SECTION | VALUE |
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Field Order: | 202 |
Reel: | B0429 |
Page Start: | 3 |
Mission: | 1 |
Date Order Sent: | 15 Feb 1944 |
Zero Hour (Day number + Time): | 151000a |
Target(s) (Primary, Secondary, Alternate): | Z460 primary |
Fighter Escort: | RAF 11 Group will furnish escort and support. |
Rendezvous: | 50d00n/00d00w at 151300a. Insert( at 11500 feet at zero plus 120 min. ). |
Route Out: | Base to Beachy Head to Fighter rendezvous to 49d30n/00d10w to 49d00n/00d30e to Target. Insert( 6 miles west of Trouville as point of entry. ). |
Route Back: | Target turn left to 49d50n/00d32e to Beachy Head to Base. |
Altitudes: | Bomb 11500 feet, cross enemy coast out 11500 feet. |
Initial Point (IP): | 49d00n/00d30e |
Axis of Attack: | SW to NE. |
Emergency Airdromes: | Friston and Gravesend. |
Intervalometer Setting: | 100 |
Bomb Load: | 6x500gp fused 2/3s With 1/10 and 1/40 sec. Delay and 1/3 With M124 delay. |
Purpose/Notes/Time Over Target: |
SECTION | VALUE |
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Reel: | B0429 |
Page: | 45 |
a. Group And Field Order: | 391bg, fo302 ! |
b. Number Of A/C Dispatched: | 36 B-26 plus 9 spares |
c.a Time Of Take-Off: | 11:40 |
c.b Time Over Target: | 00:00 |
c.c Time Landed: | 13:43 |
d. Number Of A/C Attacking Target and Type of Target (P,S,etc): | 0 |
e. Altitude Of Attack: | 0 |
f. Bombs On Target: | 0 |
g. Bombs Jettisoned: | 0 |
h. Bombs Returned: | 270x500GP |
i. A/C Abortive: | 36 due to weather in vicinity of target |
j. A/C Lost/Missing: | 0 |
k. Personnel Casualties: | 0 |
l. Tentative Enemy A/C Claims: | 0 |
m.a. Fighter Opposition: | 0 |
m.b. A/A Encountered: | light inaccurate in vicinity of trouville |
m.c. Fighter Support: | adequate |
m.d Elaboration on information of value: | 0 |
Results (from elsewhere): | |
FORM 102A | |
Form 102a page: | |
Form 102a results: | |
Target Name: | Beaumont-le-Roger |
Pilot and crew are not shown on crew loading lists where Squadron field of aircraft is blank.
All aircraft not participating in this mission (e.g. Spares, Abortive) are shown in yellow.
All aircraft damaged by FLAK are shown in orange.