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Re: VIIIUSAAF and BC failures at the Wesel bridges.
This will illustrate what MRCP achieved, and is taken from ORS Report No. 28 in Montgomery's Scientists, edited by Terry Copp.
The target is Till, 2.5kms NE of Moyland, and 5kms from the Rhine's normal bed, which had overflowed up to the dike in the south-east corner of the picture.
On February 9, 12 Spitfires of 84 Group 2TAF dropped 250 and 500lb bombs that landed at B with a displacement of MPI of 486 yards.
On February 11, 8 Bombphoons of 84 Group dropped 1,000lb and 500lb GP bombs at A with a displacement of MPI of 433 yards, and No. 17 cluster bombs around the cross roads, which was the aiming point, with a displacement of MPI of 100 yards.
The bomb craters at A are visible on Google Earth. The site of B is now part of the GolfPark am Schloss Moyland, of bloody infamy to 3 Canadian Infantry Division who captured it on February 21.
Tony
Last edited by tcolvin; 25th December 2009 at 22:22.
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