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UISS IOlT No. e~$ Date: 2~MAR. 45

TO: GLADBECK , GER.

TABLE OF CC>E Tim 'IS

I. MISSIOU SUi ll1ARY REPORT

A. Narra tive of Hission (vrith .supplementnry Data.)

B.. Formation Sheets (On 'fu.kooff t\nd over Target)

c. Lend Navigators Nnrrative .

D. Lend Na.vigo.tors Log.

E. Track Chart.

II. STATISTICAl. SUlc1Ht.RY OF OPERAT IONS

A. Statistics of Units Participating.

B. , Statistics o f Bombing Run (1'.1).h.G Form 12E Hodified)

c. CommunicQtions Report.

(l) Nnvigationo. l Aids Used.

(2) Equipment Fnilures.

D. Flak Report.

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GLA.DB CK, G .ru.!A Y (DepoiJ & R.R. Sidinga)

2. C - i "tnsnt• • 'lhe 40lat Group .furnisiled the complete 86 A/C 94th "O" Group. A GH /C -.. furnilhe<l in each aquadron - plus a Pli'F A/C for the lead aquadr c'n• A apare aooOIIlpanied the lea and lc.nr aquadrona.

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Target BOIIlbed •

... Group Leader•

Lead ngatora t

GH "f'i gator r

Extra NaTigatora

Leact BOIIlbardi !"a

b • .!!!!!:~ Leader•

Lead Na.Tige.~~r'

Lead BOJQbardier•

o. -~ ~ Leaclera

Lead Ti gator a

GH Na Tiga tor •

Lead ardier•

EXECTJTiotr .

GlADB X, GERN

Capt. D. V. KIRKRUF . {Garland0

Capt. F. • RICKS (Goodman- 0)

2nct Lt. TO: . 0. HUDSPE1'H

F/0 • L. R NNER

C pt. , • ~ . FTJLGI

la t Lt. P • D . ASCIIFJmAOri

• • Blt\ZZEL (Jenkins- 0)

2nd Lt. B. TAUSEl

ls t Lt • •. J. KOC IEL

lat Lt. J. ' • RUSH (DuBray-KO)

2nd Lt. s . B NK

2nd Lt. • L. OORE

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5 • ll'li ght .2:!:!.!: Eng, land c

Takeoff wat normal " all thipt taking otr tuooettfU~ly without inoide~

b. Sguadron and Group Atlemblieac

Squadro.n formed rapidly over Cotte amore buncher. The bWlcher was de­perted on time, on course with a full fol'ln$.tion.

o. Route ~ Englandc

T.he route over England was as briefed. 94th "B" was never teen during Division assembly so 9-f.th "C" followed 94th "A" out pa•t CP #1 . '1'he Group waa 2 minute• late in departi ne; . Vwith 94.th "C" followi ng "A". it made 94.th "C" 8th in Division column r~ther than in its briefed 9th position.

4. A ttaoka

a. Flight ~ !a.r&et:

94th "C" attempted to make up 1 ta 2 minute a by thortilning the toute aomewha.t, however . it .t'ailod to do so. 94th "B" was apparently very h.te for it was neTer teen. The IP was reached satisfactorily and the squadron• prepared for visual runs with GH aaaistanee.

b. Bombing~:

"Buckeye" called and said th• target are•were clear so the squadront uncovered at the IP and made individual squadron runa. Cloud cover waa nil but haze restricted the 'risibility soT'!18wha.t . The GH in the lead squadron was inoperative on the bomb run but in the other 2 equa.drons it was WWJ"kin' aatiafactorily - the GH operators atarted the bombariiera' on a good heading for th.o targt'-t. The bomb runs were from 4 to 5 minutes in length and were good, unhindered runs in all three oases. The AFCE was used by all squadron leada on the bomb run. All ships salvoed.

c. Flight ~ 1'argeta

Other than the mea~er flak at the target, none was encountered on route b &. ck. Le·t;down was me.de ove!" channel and the group prooeeded to reach landfall in CA VU weather •

d • Return to Base 1

ormal bllding W&l accomplished - all ship• landing safely at home base.

e. Weathera

CAVU weather entire ~oute in and back. No contrails -no nothinl

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of:.. t. !1ghter Suworta

Fighter aupport ~e good.

g. Comments on Fo~ tion and Interval•

Squadron formation was excellent - the high squadron straggled a little between IP 1 and 2, otherwise group formation was good . 94th "c" was &.pproximately 4 - 5 min4tes behi n 94th "A".

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h. Conclusions and Recommendations:

None.

5. Aircraft !!2,! Attackini:

A/C 43-58738 - No Cr dit. Returned early when while climbing oil st1 rted spurting from breather, prop was feathered. Ground inspection reTealed piece of piaton ring in sump indicating internal failuro of #1 eng· ne. ( ~eoh)

AjC 43-s8862 - 0 di-t. Failed to drop bombs because bonbardier did not haw doors completely open. Radio operator waa off interphone and oo ldn't be contacted to open doors mnnauily. Engineer finally opened t.'1em but too late to bOl'lb. •o•bs were returned. (Persl)

6. Enemy Qpposition:

No enemy air oppo1iti on seen or encountered. (See Flak Report for flak)

7. Battle Damage:

8. Casualt~ e ::n

one.

Yin or 14

Major 0

To Flak 1-i

t. Statistical Swn r y of 2P'1rations: ( '"'ee attac'1ed fonn)

10. Bombinp: ~:

a. Cl>aervations:

The target was bombed with good results. Strike photos indicated tho follow:!. g:

Lead .lqdna LOw Sqdnz High Sqdna

Pattern 2059 X 859 ', 30'fo within 1000 1 , 99'fo within 2000'. Pattern 2075 X 900', 85% within 1000 1 , lOorfowithin 2000 1 •

ftttern good on MPI but asses-..n't dift'ioul t 'to de­termine due to smoke.

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7 1* airtaokecl 1lh* tar&et, thq 7 X erienoed b<lllb l:Jay 4oor. trouble and. re-au-ned 1

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1. Fli jht plan and Lo: attached. 2. Trac~ chart attached. 3. Narrative:

a. T/0 at ·o . at

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e. l\iethods of nav iga ti :m over .ingland.

f. J.ivision for!'l&.tion was joined at 0· Jli3h~ to I. ~ . was t) as brief

h. Methods of navi3ati~n to the I. ~.

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o. iinds aloft were ( p . ?i~hter rendezvous were

called out to the fo r mation . ".XX%·'¢\ as briefed.

q . ... er formance of e qui1)men t.

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SU:JECT: Lead Navi3ator's Narrative of ~aid on

TO Commandins Officer, 40lst _ ornbard-:1 ent }roup (a), A ... ;o 557, U. S. Army.

1. FliJht plan and Lo3 attached. 2. Trac~ chart attached. 3. Narrative:

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e. t-1ethods of navigati::m over ..I:ngland.

f. Jivision fo~ation was joined at 5· Jli3ht to r.~. was ( ) as briefed.

h. Methods of navi3ati~n to the I.~.

1. :;,...om b run .

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n . rre thods of nav i :::;.ation ::m r eturn route .

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TO Comrnandin~ Officer, 40lst _ orn bard'T! ent '}rou p (H), A .. :o 557, u. S. Army.

1. Fli s ht plan a nd Lo3 attached. 2. Trac~ chart atta c h ed. 3. Narrative:

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f. Ji vis ion for;"'! a t io:n was joined at 3• ?li3ht to I.~. was ( as briefed.

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B01iBS, TYPES AND SIZES FUSUJG : I;JS.G /1 TAIL _• __ _

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Fr , ~ 'Tf /\I_ HEADQUARTERS

401ST BOMB.A.RWEl. T GROUP (H) O£fice of the Communications Officer

AAF Sta 128 • APO 557

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SuBJECT: Communications Report, Operational Mission No 235 . (Field Order _665 )

TO Commanding Officer, 40lst Bomb Gp (H), AAF Sta 120. APO 557.

SECTION OllE - USE OF RADIO llAVIGATIOl~AL A!DS

1. Radio Beacons used: a. llF .oeac ons b. Dunchers, England

2. MF/DF Fixes 3. HF/DF Bearin~ (QW' s) 4. VHF /DF Homin~a

c. Bunchers. Continent 5. Distress Actie>Q ( SOS •sJ

SECTION TIIO - USE OF RADAR

1. Gee 2. H2X 3. Mi~H

Airborne Used

i=i= Airborne

4. Gee•H a s. Carpet ( Barra&of 2 6. Carpet (Spot) 6

1. Total aircraft releaa1ng Chaff 32 8. Total number of uni~s released ~1~3r,~§~gu~

SECTION THREE - ACTUAL DEFICIEl .. CIES BY EQUIRIEN'l

1. In'W.phone. 2 .. VHF 3. Compass 4. Liaison 5. Command 6. SCS-51

0 0 0 0 0 0

1. Gee a. H2X 9. Micro-H

10. Gee-H 11. Carpet (Barrage) 12. Carpet (Spot)

SECTION FOUR • Rm~KS

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SIX HUIIDRED ND FOURT£EUTH OM ,D T SQUADRON (II) FOUR HUNDRED ID FIRST 0 ARD.MENT GROUP (H)

0 fice Of The Operations Officer

AAF Station v 128. 23 'arch 1945.

SUBJECT: Loe.dint; List. ~

TO Operations Officer, 40lst Bo~b Gp (ll), AAF Station f 128, APe# 557. ""

1. The following is the loadin list for today'a mission:

Plane 4-78708 P ----------~C~'a-pt~.

CP jor N Ca;>t• 1 F/0 GIDl 2nd Lt. UO lst Lt . TG Ca;>t• Ro s;sbt. TT T/Sgt. WG S/Sgt. I C2~:~;>7"

P ne 42-102151 P --~------~l~s~t~Lt.

CP 2nd Lt. N lat Lt. CTG RO TT BT TG VVG

Plane 42-97395

s t. ~t. gt .

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CP la t Lt. N 2nd Lt. CTG S/Sgt. RO T/Sgt.

T T/Sgt. BT s;s,t. TG s/s t.

G s/sct.

KIRKHUFF, DOANLD V. GARLAND, WILLI - C. RICKS, FRANK lV . BRINNER, HLU L. HUDSPETH, ED lN G. GOODMAN, JAMES THOUPSON, IIARRY L. penenton, Howard E. UiCkson, Beattie B. Lawrence, Ste lin s. 'Ft..tc. &l/11, ,iiiPtJ"/ (!_ .

STEHMAN, iOBERT • BUSH, FRAUK R. SACKS, DAVID W. Petrowsky, Albert F. Bacon , Gear e S. Jr. Crowe, Harold • Ro~al, •illiam E. Gr~sela , Edward B.

ateman, Alaurice B.

BABCOCK, FREDRI ~K H. BOUSFIELD, JOill{ CRAWFOJD, ALLEN HI.. JR. CaaaeL~ , Charles R. Bilby, John F. Jr. Caldwell, Carroll L. oCor.mick, Edson ~.

~ ilcynaki, atler J. ParnhAm, Walter E.

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Loading List (Con' t)

Plane 43-38677 p ------------~2n~d~Lt.

CP 2nd Lt. li F/0 CTG S/Sgt. RO Sgt. TT S/t;)gt. BT gt. TG Sgt.

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Plane -42-102077 in P,-------....,..1-at:--"t'L-ri-. CP 2nd Lt. )J F/0 .. CTG S t. RO Sgt. TT Sgt. BT Sgt. TG S t. WG Sgt.

Plane 42-98322 P ---------~l~s~t~L~t-.--

CP 2nd Lt. i lat Lt. CTG Sgt. RO S t. TT Sgt. BT Sgt . TG gt.

G Sgt.

PLANE 42-97780 P ------------~2~n~a~LTt-.-

CP 2nd Lt. N 2nd Lt. CTG Sgt. RO Sgt. TT Sgt. BT- Sgt. TG Sgt.

G Sgt.

Plaae 43-..38646 P ------~an~d~L~t-.-

CP F/0 N 2nd Lt. CTG S/Sgt. RO Sgt. T~ sjsgt. BT Sgt. TG Sgt. ~G Sgt. ReM sj::>gt.

LINDSEY, JOHN E. MADLEY I ILLI BRUJJMETT, JA.tAES 0. Green, arren H. Ippolito, Samuel Warner, Car 1 F. Sandere, illiam H. Portier, Ellis A. York, John 0.

PARK., COLI I I. DUNNE, ~ICBAEL D. 0' ILL, MICHAEL D. Sa lie, Howard w. Sayre, James 0. Field, Richard D. Wirth, homaa J. Snyder, dwin M. Grayczyk. Cla renee J.

HO S, GENE H. FREDERICK, RALPH A. J ...... s, KE IETH V •

atkins, Jack W. Cox, Clyde F. Knight, Eddie R. Jakubanaki, Julius J. .Kennedy" Jack Peverill, Edward s.

GRAY, CARL •• ITH, CHARLES

STE ART, RICHARD E . Ginthwain, Edaard A. Fort, Collins G. Kirby, Lee D. Jr. Harrell, Jean F. Saenz, Heotor J. Bonanno, Joe •

CAMERON, ELL! OTT E . DAVIDSON, ROBERT L. GUI LIEID'iETY I FRED A • asullo, Thomas G.

DeLeon, Jerrold J. I<'abian, Emory P. Jr • .l:ie.rgas, .Mike S. Clendenin, Charles 'abbert, David J.

Allison, Carl

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Loading List (Con•t)

PlaneaitaiQitj 42-102468 P ---rls-t~L-.~-.----

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CTG RO TT BT TG

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SGt. s(wgt.

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CTG RO TT BT TG ~G

Plane

2nd Lt. Sgt. Sgt. s t. Sgt. s t. Sgt.

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S/Sgt.

DJERNES~ CARL P. SPIVA, RAYMOND H. CA. LE, JOHN F. Reiher, Uordon A, La Course, Lucien Chi u, o.n.ald Bill, Ri~hard H. Wagner, Aloysiua E. .Akins, Ora R.

A YHE, LAWRElWE E • SCHOCK, NO U R. LEA3B, GERALD H. ueLorie, George A. andle, Louia I • rasa, Forrest A.

Gilbert, Luther F. Myers, Jolm luni, Andrew .c..

SALISBURY, T.O S E. WYLIE, RONALD J. B0UC :ER, J Is D. JR. Wa~ener, Norman N. Pinkerton, OliTer Benthall, Clyde T. alls, Joseph F.

Chapman, Guy • Cha pm.an, Guy • Cain, Hobart P. Richey, Leland H.

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612TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (H) 401ST BOMBARDMENT GROUP (H)

Office of the O.perations Of ficer Aro 55.7 .

23 March 1945 Mission # 235

SUBJECT: Loading List

TO _ : operations Officer, 40lst Bomb Group, APO 557

Plane 43-38788

p Spence, Claude P. let Lt. 612th CP Reiner, Hughie J. F/0 .. N. Kennedy, illiam F. F/Q ..

' TOG Tumminia, Phillip Cpl .. ... ROO Starrs, Michael J. Cpl._ .. ... TTG Lehat, Abraham P. Cpl .. BTG Meadows, Mark R. Cpl .. ... TG Bane, John D. Cpl " .... FG Defazio, Dante s. Cpl ..

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Plane 4;2-;28810

p Blomquist, Harold H. 2nd Lt. 612th CP. Tullos, Billie M. 2nd Lt. .. N McConnell, George c. 2nd Lt. II

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TOG Wood, Frank o .. Cpl " " ROG Almdt, Frank R. Pvt ... TTG Slaughter, John G. Cpl " ... BTG Balfe, James Sgt .. ... Ta Riley, Lex G •• , Jr Cpl .. ... FG Wiegel, Clifford H. S/Sgt .. ... RCM ~e.l'eon J-ames W. S/Sgt_ " ..,

ERNER: c,f/Ae.J-fe"S £ .. .., Plane 42-10102~

p Martin, illiam F. let Lt. 612th cP~- Matthiesen, Rex A. 2nd Lt. .. N~ Hill, Ben F., Jr. 2nd Lt. " ... TOG Milhone, Robert J. S/Sgt " ... ROG Hague, Kenneth A. T/Sgt " ... TTG Delawder, Joseph A. T/Sgt II ... BTG Borror, Norwood E. S/Sgt " ... TG Bacon, Charlie M. S/Sgt If ... FG Becker, Alex A. S/Sgt .. ...

Plane 4;2-~8621 p Smith, Max M. let Lt. 6~2th CP Korwald, Morris H. 2nd Lt. II

N. VanDuinen, Richard B. 2nd Lt. " ... TOG Schmalz, Nyle R. S/Sgt " " ROG. Hendrickson, Ernest • S/Sgt

ft TTG Genga, Pietre J. S/Sgt ... BTG Laing, Jobm S~Sgt .. .

a TG. Filiatraut, Frank E. S Sgt ..,

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FG RCM Plane p CP N TO<f ROG·, TTG BTG TG FG

Pinilis, Emanuel B. Heaton, Charles E.

42-97664 Ahlers, Harry • C.ropp, Robert • Moos, Henry • Sires, Cleorr. D. Galfo, Armand J. Clark, Herbert M. Boyce, Merle N. Czubat., Adam T. Anderson, John E.

Plane 43-38541

p CP N ·TOG RQG..-TTG BTG TG .. FCt

Guiler, Gilbert s. Bergman, T ayQe H. Gordon, Robert J. Pearlin, Joseph R. Mountain, John M. Martin, Norman R. Kaschak, Joseph J. Deagle, alter • Graner, John G., Jr.

Plane 43 ... 38733

p CP N~ TOG ROO , TTG BTG T<I FG

Harveson, Lloyd D. Parsons, Silas P, Zacamy, John R. Klindworth, Louis o. Hall, Jewell L. Brockway, Glenn L. Crosby, Lewis A. Kuhn, Bill • Jeter, Kenneth A.

Pli.ne 42-31662

p CP N ROG~ TOG­TTG BTG TG FG

Howard, Louis F., Jr. ilford, Joseph •

Davia, Rex b. Carson, Edward • Rossok, Michael R. Corbo, Frank J. Ford, Billie M. Me uiston, George E., Jr. Taylor, Charles F.

Plane 42-106992

p CP N TOG ROO TTG BTG

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Plane 43-37790

p CP N TOO ROO TTG BTG TG FG

Nolan, James A. Twiggs, Calvin N. Hoffman, Lloyd G. Delledonne Charles L. Hathaway, Stanley K. Siconolfi, Patrick Feldman, Warren H. Graupman, Richard c. Serafino, Ernest A.

McBain, George III Lundgren, Robert P. Austin, Merlyn E. Emery, Robert I. Chastain, Robert R. Gabhardt, Charles R. Cherubini, Peter J. Murphey, William E. Bellesheim,

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SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEENTH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (H) FOUR HUNDRED AND FIRST BOMBARDMENT GROUP (H)

Office of the Operations Officer AAF Station 128 - APO 557

23 March 1945

SUBJECT: Loading list.

TO Operations Officer. 40lst Bomb Gp (H). AAF Station 128 - APO 557.

1. Follovling is the list of Combat Crews participating in today's mission.

PLANE # 44-8707 DUTY RAlU< LAST (NAME) FIRST (MI) SQUADRON p lst Lt. Kochel Michael J. 6l5th CP 2nd Lt. • Janeozek Walter (NMI) " N 1st Lt. Rush James M. " M/o 1st Lt. DuBray Joseph J. " <i/H 2nd Lt. Blank Samuel (NMI) II

B 1st Lt. Moore Max L. " RO T/Sgt. Cobbs Kenneth w. II

TT S/Sgt. Crug Milton H. II

TG S/Sgt. Kelly Thomas E. II

FG Sgt. Ely Calvin P. "

PLANE # 43-38941 p 2nd Lt. Bennett Clifton s. 615th CP 2nd Lt. Stevenson Joseph G. " N 2nd Lt. Hamilton Charles w. · II

B 1st Lt. Wilde Earl R. " RO Sgt. Hanes Billy R. " TT Sgt. Henley James H. II

BT Sgt. Spoor Richard A. " TG Sgt. Hartswiok Frederick w. " FG Sgt. Joyner Oliver H. " PLANE # 44-8825 p 1st Lt. Aschenbach Allen E. 615th CP 1st Lt. Althoff' John R. " N 1st Lt. Brazzil William R. ft

M/o F/0 Jenkins Frederick s. " G/H 2nd Lt. Sassmannshausen Walter B. " B 1st Lt. Folkerts Arthur (ID.H) II

RO T/Sgt. Feigenbaum George J. " TT T/Sgt. Herndon William R. " TG S/Sgt. Wi»lson Ben G. " FG S/Sgt. Watson Robert w. II

PLANE # 44-6947 p 2nd Lt. Hart Jerald E. 615th CP 2nd Lt. Taylor Richard w. " N 2nd Lt. Andrews Melvin H. " B 1st Lt. Rowe Robert w. " RO S/Sgt. Reiss Herbert (NMI) " TT S/Sgt. Raney Robert E. " BT Sgt. Knight Victor (NMI) II

TG Sgt. Pickering Edward M. II

FG Sgt. Smukler llyron M. II

PI.ANE # 44-8648 p 1st Lt. Spuhler Edwin H. 615th CP 1st Lt. Current Donald D. II

N 1st Lt. McAdams Robert c. " M/o 2nd Lt. Baker Leonard s. It

B 1st Lt. Oster Lewis H. It

RO T/Sgt. Hendrick William J. " TT T/Sgt. Wells Richard D. " TG s/s~t. Hughea James E. tt

FG sjs t. Power James E. " ujo lat Lt. Goodman James w. Flying with 614t G/H 2nd Lt. Hudspeth Edwin G. " " "

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(3) Order of Bombinc and Targets of other units in lst AD: --------

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a. nnd Times of Departure fron English Coast: -----------------------

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