LORETA FACTORY AREA - B985256 — Operations

Operational Record

Target: LORETA FACTORY AREA - B985256
Duty: LORETA FACTORY AREA - B985256
Committed: 12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack: 1218 A Hrs
Airborne: 0806 hrs
Returned: 1046 hrs
From: Tortorella
Map: ITALY 1:100,000 Sheet 141 CHIETI
Day / night: Day
Casualties: Nil.
Bombing: Medium level bombing. 360º/025º, 13000ft 22 x 500 MC 49 Det 27 Pistol 33 x 250 GP 49 Det 27 Pistol
Air defences: Nil.
Results: Nil.

Cloud covered whole area except for small break over target which was identified from SOUTH. Full results NOT visible. Pattern started SOUTH of factory area with a few bombs in S.W. corner of town, and extended under cloud into factory area where majority considered fell, as one or two seen first beyond factory area. One large spurt of fire seen in central factory area.