SECTION | VALUE |
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Field Order: | 6 |
Reel: | B0430 |
Page Start: | 734 |
Mission: | 23 |
Date Order Sent: | 10 Apr 1944 |
Zero Hour (Day number + Time): | 111000b |
Target(s) (Primary, Secondary, Alternate): | Zb115 (p). MPI: 054030. Zb50 (s). MPI: 029076. |
Fighter Escort: | RAF Spitfires will furnish escort for this wing. |
Rendezvous: | (a) With 386 at North Foreland at 11500 feet at zero hour plus 16 min. The 386 group will lead. (b) With fighters at 51d11n/02d30e at 11500 feet at zero hour plus 30 min. |
Route Out: | North Foreland to Fighter rendezvous to 50d54n/03d26e to 50d12n/03d50e to IP to Target. |
Route Back: | Turn left to Rally point to 8 miles southwest of Ghent to Nieuport to North Foreland. |
Altitudes: | |
Initial Point (IP): | 50d10n/04d24e |
Axis of Attack: | S to N. |
Emergency Airdromes: | |
Intervalometer Setting: | 50 feet |
Bomb Load: | 4x1000gp, 1/10 nose, 1/40 tail. |
Purpose/Notes/Time Over Target: |
SECTION | VALUE |
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Reel: | B0430 |
Page: | 732 |
Field Order: | 6 |
A(i) Target Ordered: | Charleroi/Montignies M/Y |
A(ii) Target Attacked: | Primary |
B(i) Group: | 391 |
B(ii) No. Of A/C Off By Type: | 39 B-26 |
B(iii) No. A/C Failing To Bomb: (weather-personnel-mechanical-other): | 1 a/c turned back at english coast, mechanical difficulty; 1 a/c turned back at enemy coast, mechanical difficulty; 1 a/c failed to release bombs because all switched not turned on by substitute enlisted bombardier. NOTE: page 731, 6 a/c landed at Horham at 12:30 due to bad weather at Matching Green. Form104a show at least 9 a/c landed at Rattlesden at 12:30. |
B(iv) No. A/C Bombing: (primary-secondary-other): | 36-0-0 |
C(i) Time Up: | 09:20 |
C(ii) Time Over Target: | 11:04 |
C(iii) Time Down: | 12:35 |
D(i) No A/C: (missing-destroyed-damaged(cat. B-A/C)-Damaged(Cat. A)): | 0-0-0-0 |
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: | poor |
F(i)(A) Enemy Opposition Over Target: | P |
F(i)(B) Enemy Opposition Elsewhere: | |
F(ii)(A) Flak Over Target: | weak fairly accurate HFF from Nieuport by a/c which turned back just over the enemy coast. No FLAK encountered by formation. |
F(ii)(B) Flak Elsewhere: | |
G. info,Observations, Hot News: | |
H(i) Weather Affecting Bombing: | CAVU at 5000 feet. |
H(ii) Weather En Route: | 2/10 to 3/10 on route in and out closing in after arriving home, making it necessary to use diversionary a/d. |
I. Bombs On: (primary-secondary-other-jettisoned-returned): | 144-0-0-4-8 (1000gp) |
J. Altitude Of Attack: |
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.