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Details
of Sortie or Flight
A
small pontoon bridge across the Orne River just 2 miles
south east of Caen (U.006649) was our target this
morning. Seven aircraft from this Squadron
were airborne with 500 lb. bombs fused instantaneous and
.025 delay. We crossed the line at Noyers and were
immediately fired at by batteries of heavy flak guns.
This barrage followed us for the full time we were over
enemy territory. We attacked from 6000 ft. east to west
and prolonged a good steep dive at an angle of 60
degrees to 3000 ft. The bombing was well concentrated
around the target, one burst was observed on the eastern
approach. Better results were impeded by an unexpected
strong wind. All aircraft returned safely to base.
S/L
Norsworthy adopted a new method of attack to try and fox
the flak defences. The Squadron went into a shallow dive
a mile or two before coming to the target then went into
a steep dive. This did confuse the enemy flak posts
which were becoming accustomed to our previous method of
commencing the dive close to the target area.
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Tiger
Squadron