Operational Record
- Committed
- 11 Glenn Martin Marauder
- Airborne
- 0825 hrs
- Returned
- 1013 hrs
- From
- Pescara
- Map
- ITALY - 1:100,000 Sheet 109 PESARO
- Day / night
- Day
11 Marauders in three boxes airborne from PESCARA 1025 1106 and 1144 hrs respectively to attack a gun area with a centre point at S045775 ( 5 miles S.W. of PESARO). Each A/c carried 6 x 500 and 4 x 250 fragmentation bombs and first box of 4 A/c straddled Eastern half of target at 1128 hrs., with an explosion at beginning of pattern. Second box bombed at 1213 hrs., a wide pattern crossing centre of briefed area. Third box recalled by Control after 45 mins, as enemy was withdrawing. Slight inaccurate H.A.A. from target area. Weather: Target clear and visibility good. All A/c down by 1303 hours.