Operational Record
- Committed
- 12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
- Airborne
- 1237 hrs
- Returned
- 1525 hrs
- From
- Pescara
- Map
- ITALY - 1:100,000 Sheet 99 FAENZA
- Day / night
- Day
12 Baltimores airborne from PESCARA at 14.37 hrs to attack RAILWAY between MARRADI and FAENZA. They set course from PERUGIA at 15.45 hrs with a close escort of 8 Spitfires and were in target area at 16.16 hrs. Leaders leaders bombs hung up but remainder of formation bombed from 12,000' on a course of 340º. Pattern overshot, some hits among farm buildings and on a secondary road from M211170 to M211175. Leader made a left hand turn and bombed at 16.19 hrs with his vic from 12,000 on course of 220º. Bombs fell from R106032 to R106026 straddling railway line. H.A.A. from S.Safia – Slight and inaccurate – 6 to 8/10ths Cu at 10,000' in target area. All aircraft landed by 17.25 hrs.