Operational Record
- Committed
- 10 Glenn Martin Marauder
- Airborne
- 1128 hrs
- Returned
- 1500 hrs
- From
- Jesi
- Map
- YUGOSLAVIA 1:100,000 Sheet 28 SAMOBOR
- Day / night
- Day
10 A/c airborne between 1328 and 1700 hrs to attack DOBOVA M/Yards 10 miles N.W. of ZAGREB. One A/c returned early with engine trouble after 30 min. Remaining nine A/c in (three Vics) picked up an escort of 4 Mustangs at CERVIA and attacked briefed target from 12500' at 1527 hrs on a course of 060º. First box undershot, pattern falling in open country and ending 50 yards short of Western portion of the target. Second box straddled centre of M/Yards with D/H's on rolling stock and tracks. Third Box's run up was interfered with by another A/c resulting in a bad right error; but pattern appeared to commence on a stationary train on the Eastern approach to M/Yard. 10 - 15 bursts of inaccurate H/A/A from target area. Two further A/c (accompanied by two of 30 Squadron) briefed to attack 3 gun positions in target area immediately prior to main formation's T.O.T.(Time over Target) carried 192 x 20 lbs frag. bombs. Pattern of 1st A/c commenced with an undershoot but ended in gun positions; 2nd A/c had a very slight left error with possible of near misses in target; third A/c had a near miss pattern to the right of his briefed position – these guns were observed to cease firing three seconds before bombs exploded; stick of fourth A/c unobserved due to steep turnoff. Four A/c airborne between 1337 - 1719 hrs; T.O.T. 1526 hrs.; height of attack 12000'.