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Operation No. 654

SUPPLIES

12 aircraft

Operational Record

Committed
12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Airborne
1145 hrs
From
Biferno
Map
ITALY 1:100,000 Sheet 137 VITERBO
Day / night
Day
12 Balts airborne at 1345 hrs and (with 223 Squdaron) set course over base for Iesrnia, where a close escort of 18 Spitfires was picked up. Formation then proceeded to Terni and turned on to attack an Ammo Dump at F630310 (near Orte) from 11,000 ft at 1515 Hrs. The bombs of the formation fell in a concentrated pattern to the left of the target, with D/H's on nearby roads and buildings. The end of the pattern finished in the southern end of the target, with 1 - 3 hits in target area.

11,000ft.