TO: RHEINE/SALZBERGEN, GER. - 401st Bomb Group Association

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UISSION No.
Dnte:24MAR. 4$
236
TO:
RHEINE/SALZBERGEN, GER.
TABLE OF COtTENTS
I.
II.
MISSIOU SU! 1Ht.RY REPORT
A.
Nnrrntive of Hission (vrith Supplementnry Dnta.)
~.
Formation Sheets (On 1hkeoff nnd over Tnrget)
.c.
Len.d Navigators Nnrrntive.
D.
Lend Nnvigators Log •
.E.
Trn.ck Chart.
STATISTICAL SUM(Ilf',RY OF OPERf.TIONS
A.
· B.
G-.
D.
Stntistics of Units Participating.
\
Statistics of Bombing Run (~1)/.G Form 12E Hodified)
Comnmic~tions
Report.
{1)
lJnvigo.tionn.l Aids Used.
(2)
Equipment Fnilures.
Fln.k Report.
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'OlS T BOMBARDMENT GROUP (H)
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REPORT
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MISSION
s· RY REPORT
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MISSION ::fi= ~
ASSIGNMNUT
1.
Assigned '!arget:
2.
Cam itments:
RHEINE/SALZBERGEN, GERMANY
(A/F)
The 'Ollt Group furnished the coa.plete 36 A/C 94th "B"
Groury. One GH A/C was included in eaoh aquadron - plus one
PF ~ in the lead squadron.
No spares.
EXECUTION
1.
Target Bombed:
2. a. Group Leaders
b.
ll'HEINEjsALZB :RGEJ!f, GERMANY
C~ USEY
Capt. R. F.
GH 1 avie;ator:
2nd Lt. E. P. GROSS
Lead Bombardiera
Capt. f! . S. ARROW
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Capt. W. S. HARB
Le d
~ravigator:
GH l aT.igatora
Lead B
bardierc
c. High Sqdn Leader:
Lead Ta vi ga. tor :
GH
llavi~ator:
Lead BOI!i.bardier:
(Straus a)
· Lt. Col. R. J. VIHI
Lead Navic;atorr
Sqdn Leader:
(Via)
(Barnes-10)
(Wolf)
lst Lt. C. L. Ha.\G
(Hehir- C)
F/0 E. F. Vfo~RCELLI
2Dd Lt. G. HASH! W!O
Capt.
• S • RAY··
lat Lt. C. B. MINOR
2nd Lt.
• B.
(GoOO..n-llO)
SASS~BNSHAUSEN
lst Lt. R. l .
a. Tekeoffc
Takeoff was norm.al and l'li thout incident.
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MISSION SUMMARY R'EPOR!
a.
b. Squaflron
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(e
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Gro'f .laaablieu
Aaee~liea were rapid in olear weather. !he Grou£ departed Cotteamore
bl..L.·• wher, one l!.inute ee.rly, o:ra courae with a :t\111 S6 AfC .f'or..tion.
o. Roote Over Eyland:
Wi g was tor.cl at Pt "D" and the group o011tinued on to CP 1. It
lert CP 1 a ail a eaat ot oou,rae, one llli:raute early in proper fl politi011.
in the aeooncl taek .f'oroe or 8 group• - 6th in the Di Tision formation.
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A tta. cka
a . Fli r;ht .!!?_ 'l'arget:
Flight to the I was normal and u briefed. No flak was e~'tperienoecl
u til the IP when a ahip in the low aquadrrn (#?'88) -.a hit.
1he IP waa
reached aa ti a.factorily and the group uncovered for a via al run.
b. Bombin g!!!,:
W w.re informed b y "Juckeye" that the W.rcet area wa;s clear so the
group uncovered and WEmt in in trail. 2be lead atart.tl in on a GH run, tla.a
the bombardier took over end oanpleted the rJ.n visually. ThA low squadro:ra
started their ruu Tiaually but veered orr ooura-e to 'the left and the caM
b&ok e.gain behiii.Ci tlae lead. !he high aquadron
de a straight run, 'rllt.Vllly,
from the IP to the target. '!hey were about S/4 Jli.nute behind the l n whel\
they turned ott oaurae to the left and then returMd oR oourae, the Mill
aquad ron olCJaed the gap between them so that at bcwba away they were almoat
abreallrti. The bcr.Bb run for the lmr aquadroa n.s uainterrupted, but the hip
squadron bombardier had troli»le getting aynchroniJed beoa.use of tht> 1 ...
squadron coming in 10 cloae. The AFCE w~s ok&y in all three caae& and
bo•,bing resul ta were good . The Z lead lihipa aal TOed.. All others ueed a
50 1 intervalometer 1ettin~.
Ra l ly waa made r~pidly after the
rcet and the group proceeded baok
to base a1 brei£e4. Letcia.n waa atarted over the oba.nnel.
d . !:tetum to Base:
.ll drorn.f't but one lar..decl a~:.tel·• at hoae base. J../C 4:3~81ZS auataiaM.
B'9vere bati:le d.amage - it had an aileron shot out, two engines ahot Qut.
On the f'ine.l approach the pilot was making to •er1enoy lan~ at Halenonh
part of' the win& tell off and he was unable to hold al t1 tude . It spun in . .
land ad,joini g airfield and caught tire. 1'here ... re aeTen tatalitie1,
three i n j\.' red..
e.
eathera
eather was CAVU entire r oute in and out.
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'i~ter eurport waa poor .
SeTeral \Ul8uaeutul
contact !'i ghters, one P·51 and one P-4:7 were aeen.
atte~~pts
were made to
g. Cent ents ~Formation~ Itter"''al:
Our form.&tio wae very e ood. .. eather condi tion• were ideal and be•
cause our group wae Task Force lead no interference from other group• waa
eucou tered.
~le g roups
following &eemed to ll.a.ve a much ler e r interval
t han brieted.
h . Concl
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~d
Recommendations:
_one .
5.
Aircraft
.!!£! Attaoki
All schedule
6.
,4 :
l•/C attacked .
Enemy Opposi tiol :
1 o e e y air opp ai ti
aeen or onoountered.
(See Flak Report for tlak)
'Tl !attle Damage:
jor
To l"lak
16
B.
16
Caaual ties s
7 KIA
(Cras
landin~ -A/C '1S3)
lSIA
2 LIA
1 .1.
9.
10.
Statistical St
Bombing
1\El.r'/
of' Operations:
(See atta ched f orm)
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• Observation a a
Th ta. rg ,t was b c"'1bed with good results.
the following :
Strike photos indica te
Lead Sq - 4:0% within 1000', 89% within 2000'
Low Sq - 25% wi t hin 1000 ', 90;' w.i thin 2000'
i g S-t - 5<;% wit in 1000 ', 10($ within 20001
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b. Disppaition of Bcmbaa
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Of the 12 A/C 'EET, all attacked the tar~et • droppint lU
X 600/f GP and 19 X 60o(/RDX b0111.b1.
/C 64:8 had ita b01a'bay
door wiring hit b v flak and 1 t wae pouible to get only ebo~. t
one bomb o 1-he target, the rellaining bombs being kicked
out over Germany.
quadron&
Of the 12 A/C ZET. all attacked the target • dropping 123
ajc 148 experienood
relaaae troub les ~~d the bombardier jettisoned 10 GP'a
paat t
target after be::..ng able to kick: 2 b bsout oa the
target.
qu dron•
A 50~ G- ~ d 10 X 500# RDX bonbs.
-.11 12 A/0 at-tacked the target, dropping 107 X 500'l GP
High Sque.dr on :
and 36 X f"iOO# RD
b O.J•bs o
c.
Aircraft
in B
Bonbe
N\ii-
Ov-er
Target
Boinbinr;
ber-
Sile
!ype
56
36
66
343*
500:¥
600/1-
66
!4S
500/f
500/1=
20
600/(
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1/l.O 1/40
RDX
1/;1.0
1/10
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11\.\aig
Nose
!ail
RD -
l/).0
GP
1/10
1/40
1/40
RDX
1/J.O
1/40
GP
1/10 1/40
Other Attncka
Tot 1 Bombs on Target
Ot er Exper.di turco
Bo""':.bs Rett~
ed
(F.o ded on A/0 T::lk i nr; Off)
1'otal
65
S63
* I ,., cl
lon~
delays:
GP
1/40
1/40
3 - 2 hr .
s -
6 hr.
3 -12 hr.
3 -24 hr.
11.
Lost
Aircraft :
None.
( jc
to
43-38733 cras '1ed
nd burned
e a r Halenorth upon retura
ba~e.)
Submitted b
lEN ~ • DAUBLE
Captain, Air Corp•
Statistical Otf 1oer
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FI:-,GT-.--O;r_A ::FztTT }.,QTJ_Office of the Navi3ation Officer
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Date•
SU:JECT:
TO
Lead Navigator's Narrative of
~aid
on
_ombard~ent ~roup
Commandin3 Officer, 40lst
Army.
(H),
A~O
557,
U. 3.
1.
2.
3.
Flisht plan and Lo: attached.
chart attached.
Narrative :
Trac~
a. T/0 at
haurs.
0 . Grou~J forr,1ed
at
c . .fin[.: assembly was completed at
hours at
d. "~.oute over .rl:n3land vtas (
) flown as briefed.
buncher.
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e. Nethods of navisati:m O"'Ter J:ngland.
f. .Ji vis ion for:'!& t io~ was joined at
3 · ?li3ht to r.~. was (
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h.
~ethods
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of
navi3ati~n
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hrs.
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l. __:i vision rall y was accornpli s1J.ed at
m. ? l ight home wa.;;, (n
as br 1e fed.
n.
r~e thods
of navi3ation ::>n return route.
1
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called out to the fonnation.
p. Fighter rendezvous were (no
s briefed.
'
q.
~erformance
of
J
equi~nent.
( 1) Miclcey
(.2) Gee
(3) nad io Co~p~ ss
(4) Fluxgate
,
(5) Other eq ui~m €n .
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Office of the Navi3ation Officer
Date
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SU~JECT:
Lead Navigator's Narrative of
TO
Comma\).din.2: Officer, 40ls t _ ornbard'"!J en t }roup (H) , A.J..-0 557,
U. S . Army.
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1.
2.
3.
~aid
on
Fli!ht plan and Lo3 attached.
chart attac hed.
Narrative:
Trac~
a. T/0 at
hours.
0. Grou~) forr.1ed at
hours on
at
ft.
c. ·.nn.r_: assembly was corrpleted at
hours at
d. ~~.oute over J..Cnr5land was (
flown as briefed.
e. D-1ethods of nav iga ti Jn aver
Jn~land.
f. Jivision for:-1&t ion was joined at
3 · Jli3ht to r. ~ . was (
as 0riefed .
h. Methods of
1.
.J)rr] b
navi3ati~n
to the I.
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run .
(1) Actual
r.
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as briefed.
was (
(2) True headins over
(3~ Actual drift
(4
(5
Altitude 0\7'8r target ...,,_,____ _ __
Time .)or;:bs away
( 6 ) Hind used for bombin13
(7) Me thod of tar3et identificati on.
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1. _ji vision rall y v.ras accom;>li s:l.ed atJ --~:--­
m. Flight horne waG (
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hrs .
hrs .
hrs .
n . rre thods of nav i::;ati on :m r eturn route .
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p . Figh ter rendezvous were
L ) as briefed .
q.
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of
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( 1) ~1icl~ey
(.2) Gee
( 3) r\ad io Coli_;:Ja ss
(4) Fluxgate
(5) Other equipment .
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Date•
SU:..JECT :
Lead Navi:jator's Narrative of . . ~aid on
TO
Coomandin.::; Officer, 40lst _ornbardr:ient '}rou;J ('-I), A ..-0 557 ,
U. . S. Army.
1.
2.
3.
Flijht plan and Lo3 attached.
chart attached.
Narrative:
Trac~
a . T/O at
hours .
at
hours on
at
ft .
1
c. ,fins assembly was co!'!)pleted at
hours at
d . Houte over J:n.:;land was
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o.
Grou~. for.~ed
e . T>-1ethods of navigati:m over ...ill.gla.nd .
f . Jivision fomation was joined at
as briefed .
3 · Jli3ht to I . : . was (
h. Methods of
navi3ati~n
to the I .
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1 • _;__on, b run .
(1) Actual I .
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was
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(2) True he&jin3 over tar~et
( 3) Actual drift ~~~~--­
( 4) Altitude oVBr tar3et
~~~
( 5) Ti!"'8 .Jorr:bs away
( 6) \lind used for borobins
(7) Method of tarJet
identificatl~n .
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p . ?ic;h ter rende z~:·D us were (
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J~ ormation.
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( 1) l\.1ic l~e y
(2 ) Gee
(3 ) ~adio Co n~a ss
(4 ) Fluxg ate
(5) Other equi;Jm ent.
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