FLIGHT RECORD
TIME COURSE W/V
USED
&/OR
D.R. DRIF.		 TRUE
HDNG		 MAG
HDNG		 NAVIGATIONAL
OBSERVATION		 GENERAL
OBSERVATION		 IAS
MPH/K		 HEIGHT
& AIR
TEMP		 TAS RUN GS TO RUN ETA
DIST TIME DIST TIME
0900         Take-off Climbing to 5,000 feet Top of overcast 600 feet.                  
0919         Last time to start climb 0940
Reach 5,000 feet		 Assembly Altitude   5,000              
0940         Assembly completed Begin climb 150/ 5,200
11		         wing
embly		 ass-
alt.		 1015
1014         Wing assembly altitude Average rate of climb 190ft/min                  
1028         Depart Buncher #12 for dogleg - 1037 1/2                    
1047 1/2         487th left and behind over buncher 22 On our way           148 11 05 1052 1/2
1052       008 Abeam Buncher 12 Turning left to form with group 150/ 12,000
-2		       148 15 06 1058 1/2
1059       090 Over Buncher 9     12,000       158 30 11 1110
1113       065 Depart English coast on course 1 min late 155/ 13,000       158 40 1/2 15 1128
1122       065 5241N 0222E Guns check fired 150/ 14,200       180 1/2 137 47 1215
(see note)       075 5256N 0248E   150/ 15,600
-7		   47 19 149      
"       075
075		 5306N 0320E
5319N 0408E		 Fighters (P-51s)
 150/ 18,500              
"       065 5330N 0429E     20,000       180 61 20 1218
"       097 On course Everything OK 150/ 21,300       197 69 21 1233
"       132 Turning on course     24,500       197 24 1/2 08 1251
1251       132 On course over coast   150/ 24,600         14 04 1255
1255       162 1/2 Turned on course             197 1/2 33 1/2 10 1305
1257       162 1/2 Ship leaves formation near Bokel                    
1304       111 1/2 FLAK all around Very accurate 155/ 25,000         35 11 1215
1309       111 1/2 Abeam Rotenberg #2 engine gone                  
1318       112 Abeam Soltau                    
1320       34 Turning     24,500         06   1326
1329       323 Over the IP Saw two planes go down over Hamburg   24,700         07   1336
1337       323 Bombs away Heavy FLAK   24,400              
1341       211 Turning to right   160/ 23,000              
1353       304 Passing over coast on course               39 12 1353
1354       312 Heading for turning point at Heligoland   170/ 21,000       174 1/2 37 13 1407
1403       324 Turning around Heligoland   170/ 19,000         37 13 1416
1413       268                 38 12 1428
1428       245 Turning towards home   170/ 19,000         88 88  
1439       240 Leaving formation   175/ 12,800              
1446 1/2       235 5350N 0412E     10,500              
1454       238 5335N 0347E   170/ 9,000   21 1/2 7 1/2 173 96 33 1527
1502 1/2       246           42 16 158      
1509       250 5307N 0252E         64 22 1/2 170 56 20 1529
1521 1/2       248 5246N 0210E   165/ 8,300         19 06 1/2 1528
1529       230 Lowestoft - Over English coast all alone           172 37 13 1542
1530       235 Feathered #1 engine                    
1542         Over base and letting down All nose cleared for crash landing                  
(see note)         Landed                    

Note: Times obscured by objects on xerox machine.

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