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Operation No. 399

TOWN S.MARIA CAPUA VETERE

Monday, 6 September 1943

Over target: 2110 hrs 4 aircraft 16 aircrew

Operational Record

Target
TOWN S.MARIA CAPUA VETERE.
Duty
Bomb S. MARIA CAPUA VETERE.
Committed
4 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack
From 2110 Hrs to 2120 Hrs LT
Airborne
1725 hrs
Returned
2140 hrs
From
Cuticchi
Map
SICILIA 1:500000 NE36/12, MESSINA 1:500000 NE38/14, NAPOLI 1:500000 NE40/14
Day / night
Night
Casualties
Nil.
Bombing
Medium level bombing on Courses 090°/320°. Height 10000/10500 ft. 24 x 250 G.P. 47 Det 27 Pistol Nose fused.
Air defences
6/8 H.A.A. flashes AVERSA area – NOT at own aircraft 20 / 30 S/Ls area C. MISENO – ANNUNZIATA. 1 Strong and 11 other S/Ls fairly accurate MARCIANSE area 2 S/Ls AVERSA area.
Results
1 aircraft unidentified 60 miles SOUTH ISCHIA Is. Course 090° 1 Flare VOLTURNO R. mouth 2115 hrs. 1 over RR EAST VOLTURNO R. mouth 2125 hrs. 1 yellow ball like breda shell from ground CASTEL VOLTURNO. Approximately 20 MET moving NORTH Rd. AVERSA – CARXX Lights in rectangular cluster NORTH of CAPUA (POW Camp?) 1 Vessel 60 miles NORTH C. ORLANDO, 2 vessels area X 2099. Light flashing "MU" considered from USTICA Is. or vessel at sea. Many lights at NORTH of PALERMO area. One report states S/Ls groped then remained fixed 60° to ground pointing NORTH in AVERSA area.
Target easily identified from River VOLTURNO, Rds and RRs 6 bombs across centre of town, 5 in N.E. portion, I jettisoned 1 mile EAST, 6 50/100 yards SOUTH RD CAPUA VETERE – ALBANOVA with direct hit on light on Rd CAPUA – AVERSA by last bomb of stick, 6 along Rd CAPUA VETERE – CAPUA 1 mile from target. NO other results observed.

10,500ft.

Aircraft and crews