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Air Operations against South-East Europe Report by J.I.C.

1 Jun 1944

ANNEX DRAFT TELEGRAM From:A.M.S.S.O. To:A.F.H.Q., Algiers Repeated J.S.M. WASHINGTON U.S. St. A.F. COSMED ............. JUNE 1944. Following for General Wilson and General Spaatz from C.A.S. Reference COSMED 71. Oil targets remains first priority for bombing in S.E. Europe. If all Ploesti refineries continue out of action, attacks might be switched to refineries in Austria and Hungary. 2. Second priority, transport, particularly mining of the Danube, to prevent movement of crude oil from Rou.
hungary air warfare austria transportation romania oil second world war military intelligence joint staff mission joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff victor cavendish-bentinck john sinclair francis inglis edmund rushbrooke geoffrey vickers military objectives aerial attacks
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Austria Hungary Romania
Document Reference
CAB 81/123/29
Document Types
Report
File Reference
CAB 81/123
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0123.029
Keywords
Air Warfare Military Objectives Oil Transportation Aerial Attacks
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Staff Mission
Pages
2
Persons Discussed
Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Inglis Edmund Rushbrooke John Sinclair Geoffrey Vickers
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. June - July 1944. Papers Numbers. JIC 226-300. Volume XXXIII
Themes
Military Intelligence

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