LIST OF TARGETS

I. BERGIUS HYDROGENATION PLANTS IN GERMANY
No	Place	Name of Plant	Output tons p/a	Percentage of Total
1.	Poelitz Stettin	Hydrierwerke Poelitz	300,000	2.0
2.	Leuna, Merseburg	I.G. Farbenindustrie	400,000	2.7
3.	Gelsenkirchen	Gelsenberg Benzin	325,000	2.2
4	Troglitz-Zeitz	Brabag IV	320,000	2.2
5.	Scholven-Buer	Hibernia	250,000	1.7
6.	Bohlen-Rotha	Brabag I	200,000	1.3
7.	Wesseling	Union Rhein Braunkohle	200,000	1.3
8.	Magdeburg	Brabag II	200,000	1.3
9.	Blechhammer		200,000	1.3
10.	Brux	Brabag V	125,000	0.8
11.	Lutzkendorf-Eucheln	Wintershall	125,000	0.8
12.	Welheim-Bottrop	Ruhroel	100,000	0.7
			2,745,000	18.3
II. ROUMANIAN OIL REFINERIES
No	Place	Name of Plant	Output tons p/a	Percentage of Total
13.	Ploesti	Astra Romana	1,060,000	7.1
14.	Campina	Steaua Romana	900,000	6.0
15.	Ploesti	Concordia	785,000	5.3
16.	Ploesti	Romana Americana	665,000	4.4
17.	Ploesti	Phoenix Unirea (Orion)	485,000	3.2
18.	Ploesti	Standard Petrol Block	330,000	2.2
19.	Brazi	Creditul Minier	320,000	2.1
20.	Ploesti	Colombia (Aquila)	300,000	2.0
21.	Ploesti	Unirea Sperantza	240,000	1.6
22.	Ploesti	Lumina (Petrolmina)	85,000	0.6
23.	Ploesti	Noris	30,000	0.2
			5,200,000	34.7
III. OTHER PLANTS
No	Place	Name of Plant	Output tons p/a	Percentage of Total
Total for other plants			7,055,000	47.0
GRAND TOTAL			15,000,000	100.0
NOTES: 1. The total estimated output of all primary finished products in Axis Occupied Europe is about fifteen million (15,000,000) tons per year and this is produced in a variety of ways and a number of plants. 2. The most profitable groups of targets are considered to be the Bergius Hydrogenation Plants in Germany and the Roumanian Oil Refineries. These two sources account for some forty-seven (47) percent of the total. 3. If these plants were destroyed, the oil supply position would be very critically effected and would probably be decisive.

COMPARATIVE VALUE OF TARGETS

LOCATION OF TARGETS

BOMBER FORCE REQUIRED

1. DESCRIPTION OF TARGETS

Hydrogenation Plants and Oil Refineries embody a considerable number of component parts, some of which are of very heavy construction, such as the thick walled vertical steel cracking chambers, etc. The arrangements of the plants vary considerably and it is not possible to give any average figures for layouts. The main aim would be to destroy completely one of the groups of plants which constitutes a bottle-neck in the complete continuous process, as for example, the compressor house.

2. NUMBER OF DIRECT HITS AND TYPE OF BOMBS REQUIRED

It is considered that at least 6 direct hits with 500-lb. bombs should be obtained on the selected aiming point, which would probably only have an area of about 200' x 100'. It follows that a heavy weight of attack is required upon a target area of such small dimensions and, as a result, many bombs aimed thereat, would fall upon other portions of the plant.

3. NUMBER OF SORTIES AND BOMBER FORCE REQUIRED

Based upon detailed calculations taking into account all operational factors involved in making attacks against highly defended targets with appropriate allowances for probabilities, aiming errors, losses, etc., etc., it appears that in order to deal with the 53 plants suggested for this system, it would be necessary to have a total of:-

8,322 SORTIES

In order to carry out these sorties in 35 operational days, a force of:—

280 BOMBERS

must be set up.