Operational Record
- Committed
- 12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
- Airborne
- 0646 hrs
- Returned
- 0840 hrs
- From
- Biferno
- Map
- ITALY 1:100,000 Sheet 141 CHIETI
- Day / night
- Day
12 Baltimores airborne by 0846 Hrs from BIFERNO to attack RR BRIDGE at C025498 (Latitude : **42° 39' 05'' N **Longitude : **14° 01' 50'' E**) (on coast near GUILIANOVA) Formation set course over sea at 0910 Hrs and attacked in two boxes line astern at 0935 Hrs from 10,000 ft on a course of 200 - 230º. Whole formation straddled road and rail bridges with short sticks from C025500 (Latitude : **42° 39' 12'' N **Longitude : **14° 01' 50'' E**) to 023497 (Latitude : **42° 39' 02'' N **Longitude : **14° 01' 41'' E**), main concentration between and either side of both bridges, with D.A. on both. Moderate inaccurate H/A/A from target area. Weather clear, visibility good. Four Spitfires close escort from base. All a/c down by 1040 Hrs.
10,000ft.