SZ/AEAF/1/11/3 - Bombing of road bridges over the Loire, 5/5/44

Reference code

SZ/AEAF/1/11/3

Level of description

Item

Title

Bombing of road bridges over the Loire, 5/5/44

Date/s

1944

Quantity & Format

1 leaf

Subject

Loire, River Bridges.

Scope and content

Annotated in MS in SZ's hand "Where is my bridge table?" The note gives the average widths and lengths of 28 bridges between Nantes and Orleans and estimates of the number of bombs required to achieve one hit per bridge, assuming attack by US 8th Air Force formations of 6-10 aircraft.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/AEAF - [Allied Expeditionary Air Force]
  - SZ/AEAF/1 - [AEAF Planning]
    - SZ/AEAF/1/11 - AEAF Planning. Bridges (Estimates of effort for bridges)
      - SZ/AEAF/1/11/3 - Bombing of road bridges over the Loire, 5/5/44

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