SECTION | VALUE |
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Field Order: | 221 |
Reel: | B0429 |
Page Start: | 902 |
Mission: | 8 |
Date Order Sent: | 3 Mar 1944 |
Zero Hour (Day number + Time): | 030900a |
Target(s) (Primary, Secondary, Alternate): | Z475 (A). Z446 (B). |
Fighter Escort: | RAF 11 Group will furnish escort and support. |
Rendezvous: | With fighters at 50d10n/01d05e at 12000 feet, at zero hour plus 10 minutes. |
Route Out: | Base to Hastings to Fighter rendezvous to 6 miles northeast dieppe to 49d38n/01d45e to 6 miles south beauvais to 49d28n/02d40e to Target. |
Route Back: | Target turn left to 8 miles south amiens to 5 miles southwest Le Treport to Dungeness to Base. |
Altitudes: | Bomb 12000 feet, cross enemy coast out 10000 feet. |
Initial Point (IP): | 49d28n/02d40e. |
Axis of Attack: | SE to NW. |
Emergency Airdromes: | Manston, Friston, Gravesend, and West Malling. |
Intervalometer Setting: | See bomb load. |
Bomb Load: | One box: 14x250gp fused 1/10 and 1/100; 042080; minimum interval. One box: 20x100 frag clusters; 059079; 200feet interval. One box: 14x250gp fused 1/10 and 1/100; 010068; 50 feet interval. |
Purpose/Notes/Time Over Target: |
SECTION | VALUE |
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Reel: | B0429 |
Page: | 1087 |
a. Group And Field Order: | 391bg,fo221 |
b. Number Of A/C Dispatched: | 54 b-26 plus one spare. |
c.a Time Of Take-Off: | 07:45 |
c.b Time Over Target: | 09:07 |
c.c Time Landed: | 11:15 |
d. Number Of A/C Attacking Target and Type of Target (P,S,etc): | 54; target of opportunity, Beauvais-Tille airdrome. |
e. Altitude Of Attack: | varied from 8000 to 13000. |
f. Bombs On Target: | 323x250gp; 189x100frag |
g. Bombs Jettisoned: | 49x250gp; 10x100frag |
h. Bombs Returned: | 6x250gp; 81x100frag |
i. A/C Abortive: | 0 |
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: | medium heavy flak in vicinity of Oisement, Amiens, Dieppe, and north of Paris. |
m.c. Fighter Support: | good for first two boxes; fair for third box. |
m.d Elaboration on information of value: | |
Results (from elsewhere): | Page 899 1st box: only about 12 bursts shown, due to camera malfunction in an open area about 1500 yards NW of junction of SE-NW and SW-NE runways; no damage. 2nd box: due to camera malfunction, no pictures. 3rd box: dropped all its bombs in an open field South of SW-NE runway; no damage. Also smoke seen from bursts of this box's 1st flight's bombing, NW of SW-NE runway; no damage. Written footnote: The above report rendered on information available. Later investigation revealed that numbering of formation diagram on file in operations was in error as the box #2 & 3 which were reversed. Ordnance revealed loading and position of the ships concerned. 1/Lt James Dudzik AC. |
FORM 102A | |
Form 102a page: | 1086 |
Form 102a results: | poor |
Target Name: | Montdidier |
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.