SECTION | VALUE |
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Field Order: | 214 |
Reel: | B0436a |
Page Start: | 213 |
Mission: | 139 |
Date Order Sent: | 10 Aug 1944 |
Zero Hour (Day number + Time): | 10/1030B |
Target(s) (Primary, Secondary, Alternate): | 4903E/B/95 |
Fighter Escort: | P38's of ninth fighter command will furnish escort. |
Rendezvous: | with fighters at 5210N 0123E at 11,500 feet at zero plus 25 min. |
Route Out: | base to North Foreland to 5010N 0123E to Ault to ?4946N 0153E to 4903N 0331E to 4918N 0350E to target. |
Route Back: | sharp right turn left to 4925N 0258E to 4946N 01??E to Ault to North Foreland. |
Altitudes: | after target drop 1000 feet |
Initial Point (IP): | 4918N 0350E |
Axis of Attack: | Approx 310 degrees |
Emergency Airdromes: | NULL |
Intervalometer Setting: | 30 feet |
Bomb Load: | 2x2000 g.p. fused 1/10 sec. nose and 1/100 sec/ tail drop all leaflet bombs. |
Purpose/Notes/Time Over Target: | bombing will be done by flights |
SECTION | VALUE |
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Reel: | B0436a |
Page: | 210 |
Field Order: | 0 |
A(i) Target Ordered: | Anizy RR Bridge |
A(ii) Target Attacked: | Anizy 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): | 0-1(bombardier failed to turn on the switches before he tried to release)-1(could not obtain enough power from left engine to stay in formation. returned from in side the french coast at 1114 hours)-0 |
B(iv) No. A/C Bombing: (primary-secondary-other): | 34-0-0 |
C(i) Time Up: | 09:39 |
C(ii) Time Over Target: | 11:43 |
C(iii) Time Down: | 13:25 |
D(i) No A/C: (missing-destroyed-damaged(cat. B-A/C)-Damaged(Cat. A)): | 0-0-1-6 (target flak) |
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 observed by crews |
F(i)(A) Enemy Opposition Over Target: | nil |
F(i)(B) Enemy Opposition Elsewhere: | nil |
F(ii)(A) Flak Over Target: | moderate fairly accurate hff |
F(ii)(B) Flak Elsewhere: | Boulogne HFF INACC WEAK fired at one flight of the formation that got a little off course at this point. this flak was fired at the formation thru 10/10th clouds. |
G. info,Observations, Hot News: | M/Y at N-4403 was very active at 1223 hrs. 3 trains of large size at Chateau-Thierry at 1132 hrs. M/Y at Margny contained about 100 wagons at 1225. 20 M/T stopped on road at Coney. canal at N-7322 contained about 40 barges at 1148 hrs. 15 M/T heading south at 1130 hrs at S-8455. 15 M/T heading west at 1125 hrs at s-4962. |
H(i) Weather Affecting Bombing: | clear with about 10 miles visibility |
H(ii) Weather En Route: | 10/10th clouds from mid-channel to 30 miles inland |
I. Bombs On: (primary-secondary-other-jettisoned-returned): | 64-0-0-2-6 (2000gp), 4 2000gp unaccounted for, 1-0-0-0-0 (zg11 leaflet bomb) |
J. Altitude Of Attack: | 12,500 and 11,500 feet |
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.