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Operation No. 762

TANKS OR GUN EMPLACEMENTS

12 aircraft

Operational Record

Committed
12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Airborne
0945 hrs
Returned
1125 hrs
From
Pescara
Map
ITALY - 1:100,000 Sheet 118 ANCONA
Day / night
Day
12 Baltimores off from PESCARA at 1145 hrs to attack GUN POSITIONS 3 miles S.E. of ANCONA at S620454. Formation set course at 1200 hrs and bombed at 1225 from 11000' on a course of 300º. Due to a suspected error in the wind forecast, whole formation's bombing resulted in a left lateral error of about 200 yards, the pattern extending from S620451 to S617453. Slight inaccurate H.A.A. from target area. Fighter area cover provided. Weather: Target clear, visibility fair. All A/c down by 1325 hrs.