RR M/Y COLLEFERRO G170490 — Operations

Operational Record

Target: RR M/Y COLLEFERRO G170490
Duty: RR M/Y COLLEFERRO G170490
Committed: 12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack: 1126 A Hrs.
Airborne: 0705 hrs
Returned: 0951 hrs
From: Tortorella
Map: 1:500000 NAPLES, 1:500000 ROMA, 1:100000 Sheet 152.
Day / night: Day
Casualties: Nil.
Bombing: Medium level bombing 325°/13000' 24 x 500 M.C. 47 Dets 27 Pistols. 36 x 250 G.P. 47 Dets 27 Pistols.
Air defences: Nil.
Results: Train moving NORTH 3 miles N.W. of target. 25 RR trucks stationary SEZZE JUNCTION. 12 MET moving NORTH RD TERRACINA – CISTERNA Approximately 20 MET moving SOUTH from COLLEFERRO. Large amount of dust from S. FELICE. 12 a/c moved across track of own formation SOUTH of GAETA approximately 1115 A Hrs. CISTERNA LITTORIA aerodrome has runway EAST to WEST, turning basins each end, buildings in N.W. corner, dispersal areas and blast shelters SOUTH of runway. A/C seen NOT counted. 3 black specks thought NOT to be rocks between PONZA and ZANNO.. Islands. Freighter standing off ANZIO Pt.

Target well identified – M/Y straddled. Few bombs seen to explode those seen hit M/Y and among buildings S.W. of M/Y (Refining plants) Small explosion seen among buildings with black smoke. Some bombs NOT own among employees houses.