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Operation No. 815

12 Glenn Martin Marauder

12 aircraft

Operational Record

Committed
12 Glenn Martin Marauder
Airborne
0840 hrs
Returned
0947 hrs
From
Pescara
Map
ITALY - 1:100,000 Sheet 109 PESARO
Day / night
Day
12 Marauders airborne from PESCARA in three boxes of 4 at 10000, 1040 and 1120 Hrs respectively to attack an irregular area of strongpoints, centre R904840 about 14 miles West of PESARO. First formation bombed at 1055 hrs., but due to similarity in features and bad visibility pattern fell about 2500 yards East of the briefed target. However, photographic results show that bombs of one A/c straddled what appeared to be a concentration of gun positions. Second box bombed at 1147 hrs. pattern of bombs crossing centre of Southern portion of briefed target( All bombs in target area (4 A/c holed). No cloud, but visibility bad due to haze.