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.