SECTION | VALUE |
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Field Order: | 194 |
Reel: | B0436 |
Page Start: | 976 |
Mission: | 126 |
Date Order Sent: | 31 Jul 1944 |
Zero Hour (Day number + Time): | 311120b |
Target(s) (Primary, Secondary, Alternate): | 4801E/B/36 |
Fighter Escort: | ninth fighter command will furnish P-51s escort for 391st. |
Rendezvous: | with fighters at 4919n0000 at 11500 feet at zero hour plus 20. |
Route Out: | Base to St Catherine's Point to 4919n0000 to 4819n0050e to 4815n0138e to 4819n0200e to 4828n0155e to target. |
Route Back: | turn left to 4819n0050e to 4919n0000 to St Catherine's pt. |
Altitudes: | |
Initial Point (IP): | 4828n0155e |
Axis of Attack: | 260 degrees |
Emergency Airdromes: | NULL |
Intervalometer Setting: | minimum |
Bomb Load: | 4x1000gp 1/10 nose 1/100 tail. |
Purpose/Notes/Time Over Target: |
SECTION | VALUE |
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Reel: | B0436 |
Page: | 980 |
Field Order: | 0 |
A(i) Target Ordered: | Chartres RR Bridge |
A(ii) Target Attacked: | Chartres RR Bridge |
B(i) Group: | 391 |
B(ii) No. Of A/C Off By Type: | 36 B-26 |
B(iii) No. A/C Failing To Bomb: (weather-personnel-mechanical-other): | 0-0-0-0 |
B(iv) No. A/C Bombing: (primary-secondary-other): | 27-0-8 (1 a/c unaccounted for, landed away from base) |
C(i) Time Up: | 10:13 |
C(ii) Time Over Target: | 12:28 |
C(iii) Time Down: | 14:05 |
D(i) No A/C: (missing-destroyed-damaged(cat. B-A/C)-Damaged(Cat. A)): | 0-0-0-2 |
D(ii) Enemy A/C: (destroyed-prob. Destroyed-Damaged): | 0-0-0 |
D(iii) No. Crew: (killed-wounded-missing): | 0-0-0 |
E. Results Of Bombing: | good as reported by crews |
F(i)(A) Enemy Opposition Over Target: | nil |
F(i)(B) Enemy Opposition Elsewhere: | nil |
F(ii)(A) Flak Over Target: | HF W to M INACC |
F(ii)(B) Flak Elsewhere: | nil |
G. info,Observations, Hot News: | the right wing man accidentally dropped in the vicinity of the primary target thus causing 3 other ships to drop at the same time. Therefore only two ships bombed the secondary target, the flight leader and the left wing man. |
H(i) Weather Affecting Bombing: | 6 to 10 miles visibility. No clouds. |
H(ii) Weather En Route: | poor, visibility nil up to 2500 feet. |
I. Bombs On: (primary-secondary-other-jettisoned-returned): | 108-0-32-0-0 (1000gp)(4 bombs unaccounted for) |
J. Altitude Of Attack: | 12500 to 11500 |
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.