ADRANO VILLAGE AND CROSS ROADS — Operations

Operational Record

Target: ADRANO Village and cross roads.
Duty: ADRANO Village and cross roads.
Committed: 12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack: 1614 hrs LT.
Airborne: 1227 hrs
Returned: 1512 hrs
From: Hal Far
Map: SICILIA 1:500,000. NE 36/12
Day / night: Day
Casualties: Nil.
Bombing: Medium level : 11500 ft. Course 345°. 72 x 250 GP 47 Det. 28 Pistol (Tail fused).
Air defences: Isolated HAA bursts from target area, good for height only.
Results: 1. Occupied Gun position 2 miles NORTH of CATENANUOVA. 2. Dug in positions SW of ADRANO on River banks. 3. 4 Trucks in SERANO station. 4. Mirror flashing "V" from NORTH of MISTERBIANCO. 5. NMS (No movement seen) on roads.

Formation bombed too far WEST of village, but bursts straddled buildings and Railway station NE of target. Some bursts were seen SOUTH of target among what appeared to be large yellow boxes stacked in a square. NO results observed.