PALENA TOWN - H1276 — Operations

Operational Record

Target: PALENA Town - H1276
Duty: PALENA Town - H1276
Committed: 12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack: 1002 A Hrs
Airborne: 0611 hrs
Returned: 0752 hrs
From: Tortorella
Map: ITALY 1:100,000 Sheets 147/153 LANCIANO and AGNONE.
Day / night: Day
Casualties: Nil
Bombing: Medium level bombing. 255º/270º 11000/11500' 24 x 500 MC 49 Det 27 Pistol 36 x 250 GP 49 Det 27 Pistol
Air defences: NIl.
Results: Rds still snowbound. N.E. corner of PALENA badly damaged. 5 puffs as of A/A PESCARA 0956 Hrs 1 MET stationary 1 miles SOUTH of PALENA

Target identified. Bombs fell along Northern edge of town bursts being seen from H117757 – H114756. Bursts seen amongst buildings with some direct hits observed. Second box bombed short from H123757 in long pattern ending in Eastern edge of town. Explosive flash and smoke to 200' in column in N.E. corner. Direct hit on Rd EAST of town.