SECTION | VALUE |
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Field Order: | 81 |
Reel: | B0434 |
Page Start: | 299 |
Mission: | 79 |
Date Order Sent: | 1 Jun 1944 |
Zero Hour (Day number + Time): | 011730b |
Target(s) (Primary, Secondary, Alternate): | 4901W/J/62. |
Fighter Escort: | p-47s will furnish escort for 391st group and area cover for 322nd. |
Rendezvous: | With fighters at Beachy Head at 11000 feet and at 11500 feet at zero hour minus 21 min and zero hour minus 20 min. |
Route Out: | Base to Beachy Head to 49d50n/00d33e to 49d16n/00d39e to target. |
Route Back: | target turn right to Beachy Head to base. |
Altitudes: | 1st box, 11000 feet; 2nd box, 11500 feet. |
Initial Point (IP): | |
Axis of Attack: | 270 Degrees. |
Emergency Airdromes: | |
Intervalometer Setting: | 70 feet |
Bomb Load: | 2x2000gp fused 1/10 sec nose and 1/40 sec tail. |
Purpose/Notes/Time Over Target: |
SECTION | VALUE |
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Reel: | B0434 |
Page: | 293 |
Field Order: | 81 |
A(i) Target Ordered: | Hermanville C/D |
A(ii) Target Attacked: | Hermanville C/D |
B(i) Group: | 391 |
B(ii) No. Of A/C Off By Type: | 32 B-26 plus 2 PFF ships. |
B(iii) No. A/C Failing To Bomb: (weather-personnel-mechanical-other): | 0-0-0-0-2-16 (2 PFF did not drop, 16 clouds obscured target, 1 unable to join formation due to clouds RTB) |
B(iv) No. A/C Bombing: (primary-secondary-other): | 15-0-0 |
C(i) Time Up: | 16:25 |
C(ii) Time Over Target: | 18:37 |
C(iii) Time Down: | 19:35 |
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: | unobserved, 1st box made 2 runs on targetbefore dropping bombs. |
F(i)(A) Enemy Opposition Over Target: | nil |
F(i)(B) Enemy Opposition Elsewhere: | nil |
F(ii)(A) Flak Over Target: | 12 bursts inaccurate from Caen area. |
F(ii)(B) Flak Elsewhere: | HFF barrage over Le Havre at another formation. |
G. info,Observations, Hot News: | |
H(i) Weather Affecting Bombing: | 8 to 10 tenths (clouds). |
H(ii) Weather En Route: | clear over channel, 6 to 8 tenths, tops 10000, base 2000 over M.N. |
I. Bombs On: (primary-secondary-other-jettisoned-returned): | 30-0-0-2-32 (2000gp). 0-0-0-0-8 (600gp) |
J. Altitude Of Attack: | 11000 |
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.