SZ/AEAF/1/11/6-9 - Effort required for destruction of bridges (Interim Statement), 5/6/44

Reference code

SZ/AEAF/1/11/6-9

Level of description

Item

Title

Effort required for destruction of bridges (Interim Statement), 5/6/44

Date/s

1944

Quantity & Format

2 pp.

Subject

Thunderbolt (fighter plane)

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly,

Scope and content

Loose minute sent to C-in-C, S.A.S.O., Deputy S.A.S.O., and "D/O" of Operations, AEAF which reports the analysis of attacks on bridges in support of Operation Overlord to 29/5/44. SZ concludes by stating that about 100 Medium or Fighter Bomber sorties were needed to destroy or seriously damage a bridge and that up to 29/5/44 in no case had a bridge been destroyed by means of a 500 lb bomb. He reports that P.47 (Thunderbolt) aircraft appeared more successful in attacking bridges than other fighter bombers and that "more detailed analysis is in hand".

Four copies.

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/1/11/6-9 - Effort required for destruction of bridges (Interim Statement), 5/6/44

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