Operational Record
- Committed
- 12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
- Airborne
- 0805 hrs
- Returned
- 0953 hrs
- From
- Biferno
- Map
- YUGOSLAVIA 1:100,000 Sheet 79 JAJCE
- Day / night
- Day
12 Baltimores airborne at 1005 Hrs. from BIFERNO L/G. to bomb KRKONJICGRAD Town (L 450410). They arrived on schedule over VIS L/G. at 1050 Hrs. where they were expected to meet a close escort of 6 Spitfires. They set course from VIS at 1102 Hrs. without escort and flew for five minutes towards BRAC Island. The escort not having arrived, the formation returned to base as prudent limit of endurance did not allow to wait any longer for escort and to proceed with the operation. Three friendly fighters were identified in the vicinity at 1119 Hrs. All A/c landed back at 1153 Hrs, having jettisoned delay-action bombs into the sea. Weather. clear.