CREATE ROAD BLOCK B 250235 – 252232 - (ANTRODOCO) — Operations

Operational Record

Target: Create Road Block B 250235 – 252232 - (ANTRODOCO)
Duty: CREATE ROAD BLOCK B250235 – 252232 (ANTRODOCO)
Committed: 12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack: 1158 A Hrs.
Airborne: 0710 hrs
Returned: 1122 hrs
From: Tortorella
Map: ITALY 1:250,000 Sheets 28/29/30/37
Day / night: Day
Casualties: Nil.
Bombing: Medium level bombing – 330° / 13500' 24 x 500 M.C. 47 Dets 28 Pistols 36 x 250 G.P. 47 Dets 28 Pistols
Air defences: 50/60 bursts H/A/A inaccurate from AQUILA (B5016) area – 5 flares seen near to large hospital, B4818.
Results: Large hospital B4818 20 + MET moving EAST on Road ANTRODOCO – AQUILA 11 MET moving NORTH of ANTRODOCO 10 + MET moving North B9760 8 MET moving EAST B8343 Scattered MET elsewhere AQUILA aerodrome in good condition, grass surface, 3 unidentified A/C in S.E. corner. One large Biplane in aerodrome N.E. TOTORELLA STAZ (B9371)

Target well identified. Most bombs fell across Rd ANTRODOCO- RIETI with direct hit on and near misses on RR, and into S.W. corner of village. One explosion caused. One report states direct hits on RR and Rd ANTRODOCO-AQUILA, half mile S.E. of village.