Operational Record
- Committed
- 12 Glenn Martin Marauder
- Airborne
- 0925 hrs
- From
- Pescara
- Map
- ITALY - 1:100,000 Sheet 101 RIMINI
- Day / night
- Day
12 Marauders in three boxes off from PESCARA by 1125 hrs. to attack a strongpoint area near RIMINI(centre at R835950) One A/c returned with load after 25 minutes due to engine trouble. Remaining eleven bombed at 1225 hrs. from 11000ft each A/c carrying 192 x 20 lbs. frag. cluster bombs. All three boxes, with well dispersed patterns, covered an area about 1000 yards square well within the pin points briefed. 42 x 20 hung up - brought back. Slight inaccurate H.A.A. from Target.
11,000ft.