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Operation No. 347

PATERNO VILLAGE

Thursday, 22 July 1943

Over target: 1623 hrs 12 aircraft 48 aircrew

Operational Record

Target
PATERNO Village.
Duty
PATERNO village.
Committed
12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack
1623 hrs LT.
Airborne
1232 hrs
Returned
1527 hrs
From
Hal Far
Map
SICILIA 1:500,000. NE 36/12
Day / night
Day
Casualties
Nil.
Bombing
Medium level. 12000 ft. Course 040°. 29 x 500 GP 49 Det. Tail fused. 24 x 250 GP 49 Det. Tail fused. 3 x 500 GP 49 Det. Hungup and jettisoned at 36° 35N 14° 47E
Air defences
15 bursts of HAA from guns firing SE of village. After bombing. Inaccurate except for height.
Results
Dinghy (with parachute) 049°/ 11 miles HALFAR at 1659 hrs, 2/3000 ft.
Formation off at 1432 hrs attacked PATERNO VILLAGE at 1623 hrs from 12000 ft, landed back at base at 1727 hrs. Bombs straddled isolated buildings NE and EAST of village, across road an railway. Slight inaccurate HAA from SE of village. Weather good. Visibility hazy.

12,000ft.

Aircraft and crews