GUN POSITIONS H708820. (LATITUDE : **37° 31' 54'' N **LONGITUDE : **14° 48' 05'' E**) — Operations

Operational Record

Target: GUN POSITIONS H708820. (Latitude : **37° 31' 54'' N **Longitude : **14° 48' 05'' E**)
Duty: Gun positions H708820.
Committed: 12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack: 1218 hrs LT.
Airborne: 0909 hrs
Returned: 1114 hrs
From: Hal Far
Map: 1. SICILIA 1:500,000 NE 36/12. 2. PATERNO 1:100,000 Sheet 269
Day / night: Day
Casualties: Nil.
Bombing: Medium level bombing 10000 ft Course 030° 72 x 250 GP 47 Det 27 Pistols Nose Fused.
Air defences: Nil.
Results: i) Army smoke shells to indicate target (white-grey) bursting above ground to starboard of formation ± 1000 ft above ground level. ii) 18 MT in river bed and alongside in target area.

Formation off at 1109 hrs LT attacked GUN POSITIONS at H708820 from 10000 ft. Course 030°. Landed 1314 hrs. One box straddled pinpoint in good pattern. Other box short distance SE of target. Cloud 8/10th obscured observation of results. Visibility good through breaks. NO fighters or AA. Army smoke shells seen bursting 1000 ft above ground level EAST of target.