Operational Record
- Committed
- 12 Glenn Martin Marauder
- Airborne
- 0635 hrs
- Returned
- 0942 hrs
- From
- Jesi
- Map
- ITALY - 1:100,000 Sheet 25 UDINE
- Day / night
- Day
12 Marauders airborne from JESI L/G between 0835 and 1142 hrs, in three boxes of four to bomb GEMONA M/YARDS. After R/v at PORTO CORSINI with an escort of 8 Spitfires, formation S/c for target, and bombed from 11 to 12000' at 1011 - 1014 Hrs. First and second boxes straddled yards with good patterns but unobserved results, while third box overshot target. Weather was clear over target and visibility good. There was no enemy opposition. P.W.B. pamphlets (42 packets) were dispensed over enemy territory. One A/c landed late after search area where possible dinghy had been reported. No dinghy seen. A Walrus over same area all the time.