Operational Record
- Committed
- 23 Glenn Martin Marauder
- Airborne
- 0741 hrs
- Returned
- 1250 hrs
- From
- Pescara
- Map
- ITALY - 1:100,000 Sheet 109 PESARO
- Day / night
- Day
23 Marauders airborne from PESCARA to attack an Enemy strongpoint bounded by pinpoints S084812 - S092804 - S075796 – S068805, an area about 2100 x 1100 yards three miles West of PESARO. Combining with other units six formations(three of 4 A/c and two of 3 A/c and one of 5 A/c ) worn over the target at 0941, 1024, 1100, 1237, 1315 and 1351 hrs respectively and photographs taken during the bombing show the target area well covered with 500 and 250 lbs. fragmentation bomb and thousands of 20 lbs. frag. bombs. Only the last formation encountered slight inaccurate H.A.A. The weather was good. Last A/c dovm by 1450 hrs.