Chiefs of Staff Committee: Minutes of Meeting p.112

DEFE 4/65 1953 Oct 20
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PRIORITIES FOR AIRLIFT AND ALLOCATION OF CAPACITY

FROM D DAY TO D + 63

Allocation of Capacity is expressed in capacity ton miles (c.T.M.)

Serial

AIRLIFT REQUIREMENTS - IN ORDER

OF PRIORITY

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D + 22

to
D + 28

D + 50

to
D + 56

D + 51

to
D + 63

Remarks

D Day D + 8
to

to
D + 7 D + 14

D + 15

to
D + 21

D + 29

to
D + 35

+ 36

D + 43

Redeployment of Fighter Command
Urits

17

To War Airfields in U.K. To be
carried out immediately load
available,

2

18(a)

(by cortingency reserve)

Royal laval Key Personnel to ME

10,700

-

-

-

See Appendix 'B' Serial i

Return of Bomber Squadrons to UK

(by repositioning aircraft)

Royal laval Key Personnel to
North Atlantic Area & North
America

330,300

53, 200

See Appendir fB' Serial 2

Royal Naval Key Personnel to
Mediterranean Area

614,000

112,000 28,600 28,600

67,700

See Appendix 'B' Serial 4

RAF Rits for 2nd ATAF-UK-IWE

39,100

-

TO BUCKEBURG, LOHAUSEN or
MEL SBHOLCK as required.
Available between D + 2 and
D + 7

13(a)

7,000

22,000 -

-

To AALBORG.

Army Rft - British Element
Jutland land covcring force
Hairtecacce of British Element
Jutland land covering force

42,000

TO AALBORG. From D Day.

11(a).

156,200 93,700

Army Returning Leave Pers and
Key Rfts - UK - Southern
European Comand

1st and 2nd week to UDINE.
Available D + 5 to arrive
D + 10. 3rd week to LEGHORN

11(b)

490,000636,000 588,000 588,000

583,000

Maintenance of UK Forces in
Southern European Connard

TO UDINE and LEGHORN as
requiredo D Day to D + 33.
Short fall in lst week made
good by D + 14

RAF Urgent Freight - UK - ME

17,000 14,000 11,000
420,000 280,000 230,000

14,000
280,000

To MEISBROECK. From D Day.
Shortfall ir Ist week vnde
good by D + 14.

Casualty Evacuation from NWE

(back load of Serials 12 and 13)

Redoployment of Coastal Comand
Squadron

20

30,500
30,500

-

-

-

24,100

On D Day or as soon as
possible thereafter and
D + 31.

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