Operational Record
- Committed
- 10 Glenn Martin Marauder
- Airborne
- 0610 hrs
- Returned
- 0818 hrs
- From
- Jesi
- Map
- ITALY - 1:100,000 Sheet 63 LEGNANO
- Day / night
- Day
10 Marauders airborne from JESI L/G at 0810 hrs to attack the Sugar refinery at SERMIDE pp. F869057, each A/c carrying 6 x 500 and 4 x 250 lbs. GP (Demo. fused) bombs. Area cover was provided by 12 Spits. The Marauders bombed at 0916 hrs. from 10,000 to 11,000 feet. Bombs from the first box fell with a lateral error to the right, scoring a D/h on the road, and several direct hits on buildings in the Eastern portion of village. Bombs from 2nd Box fell in two sticks having slight lateral errors – one to the left edge and the other to the right edge of the target. Direct hits scored on buildings close to the target. Third box brought all bombs back, Leader's bombs having hung up. One 250 lb. hang-up in 1st Box was jettisoned in the sea. No enemy opposition. Visibility poor in thick haze. 16 Packets of pamphlets and 7 packets of Window dispensed. All A/c landed by 1018 hrs.
11,000ft.