PALESTRINA TOWN G0860 — Operations

Operational Record

Target: PALESTRINA Town G0860
Duty: PALESTRINA Town G0860
Committed: 12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack: 1013 A Hrs
Airborne: 0559 hrs
Returned: 0816 hrs
From: Tortorella
Map: ITALY 1:100,000 Sheet 150 ROMA
Day / night: Day
Casualties: Nil.
Bombing: Medium level bombing attack 240º/260º 12000/12400' 24 x 500 MC 49 Det 27 Pistol. 36 x 250 GP 49 Det 27 Pistol.
Air defences: Nil.
Results: 20 + MET stationary on Rd ALAKRI to GUARCINO and in ALAKRI. Rd clear of snow. 10 + MET moving both ways G2273 3 + MET moving both ways G1372 MT on Rds from GUARCINO to PALESTRINA and FROSINONE to VALMORTONE at 2 miles interval moving WEST. 18 + MET stationary on Rd between S. VINCENZO and SORA.

Boxes bombed in line astern on leader. Medium stick starting from N.E. of town G081604 across Northern part of town to G077601. Two fires were seen to be burning in town, one with brown smoke, the other with yellow smoke.