Mission No. 1
15 Feb 1944
Station: 166
Target: Airfield at Beaumont-le-Roger, France
Time Of Take-Off: 11:40 / Time Over Target: 00:00 / Time Landed: 13:43
36 B-26 plus 9 spares were dispatched to attack the enemy airfield at Beaumont-Le-Roger, France. Each aircraft was loaded with 6x500LB General Purpose bombs with RAF 11 Group providing fighter escort and support. The formation encountered light Inaccurate FLAK in the vicinity of Trouville and was unable to drop its bombs due to cloud cover in the vicinity of the target.

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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:
FORM 103B
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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
View Crew Loading Lists for Mission No. 1
DIAGRAM NOTES:

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.


Box #1 - Lead Flight
Williams
572
803-K
Petit
572
834-
Lind
572
819-
Enderton
572
817-A
Sterngold
572
806-
Baehr
572
810-
Danforth
572
813-
Box #1 - High Flight
White
575
950-
Adelman
575
844-
Sparks
575
808-
La Framboise
849-
Harrison
012-
Jacobs
008-
Whitson
572
799-
Box #1 - Low Flight
Barger
574
838-
Nunally
574
839-M1
Klimovich
574
837-
Kahley
574
852-
Walker
873-
Jarett
574
840-
Alexander
572
797-

Box #2 - Lead Flight
Rutledge
573
943-
Merrigan
573
823-
McNulty
573
822-
Gibson
573
804-A
Farrell
573
825-
Anderson
573
829-
Porter
573
828-L
Box #2 - High Flight
Lubojasky
572
816-
Spalding
572
815-
Schleicher
572
811-
Curran
573
801-
Boylan
573
826-
Marble
573
831-
Dearing
573
802-
Box #2 - Low Flight
Perkins
574
800-C
Majka
574
865-
Nestlerode
574
835-
Fry
575
827-
Oliver
575
853-
Brubaker
575
847-
Garwick
574
841-