Operational Record
- Committed
- 12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
- Airborne
- 1113 hrs
- Returned
- 1410 hrs
- From
- Biferno
- Map
- ITALY 1:100,000 Sheet 158 LITTORIA
- Day / night
- Day
12 Baltimores took off from BIFERNO L/G between 1413 and 1422 Hrs to bomb a GUN AREA with centre at F905378. They set course with an escort of 6 Spitfires for the mouth of the VOLTURNO River, then along the coast to ANZIO and NORTH to target. Due to (9-10/10) cloud tops 10,000' over whole area it was impossible to identify target and after cruising around looking for an opening the formation bombed through a gap at a point later believed to be G080315 from about 13000' at 1535 Hrs. N.R.O. One a/c had a complete hang-up and returned with its bombs. In this area the formation encountered intense and accurate H/A/A fire coming through the clouds, 8 of the 12 a/c being hit. One a/c which had a tyre punctured, swung on landing, and blocked the run-way, resulting in three a/c landing at CANNE L/G. The last a/c landing at 1710 Hrs, and total damage to formation was 1 Cat. 2, 7 Cat. 1.