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Operation No. 407

ARMD RECCE RDS – CONTONE – CONTURSI – EBOLI THEN 1) AULETTA – POTENZE – CORLETO – LARGONEGRO…

Tuesday, 14 September 1943

Over target: 2321 hrs 4 aircraft 16 aircrew

Operational Record

Target
ARMD RECCE RDS – CONTONE – CONTURSI – EBOLI then 1) AULETTA – POTENZE – CORLETO – LARGONEGRO 2) AULETTA – BRIENZA – LARGONEGRO
Duty
ARMD RECCE RDS - CENTRAL ITALY.
Committed
4 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack
From 2321 Hrs LT to 0116 Hrs LT.
Airborne
2008 hrs
Returned
0020 hrs
From
Cuticchi
Map
SICILIA 1:500000 NE36/12, MESSINA 1:500000 NE38/14, NAPOLI 1:500000 NE40/14
Day / night
Night
Casualties
Nil.
Bombing
Medium level bombing, various courses, 8000/10500 feet. 24 x 250 G.P. 43 Det. 27 Pistols with rods. 8 x 40 G.P. 43 Det. 38 Pistols.
Air defences
4 bursts medium A/A, black bursts, EBOLI, inaccurate. Inaccurate from own lines and SALERNO.
Results
2 unidentified a/c SERRE area. Ship burning 2 miles off coast, miles NORTh of LICOSA Pt. 2358 hrs. Fires; ACERNO – MONTECORVINO area, area T.0070, 4 fires between SERRE and EBOLI, one CAMPAGNA. Bombing seen Beach area NORTH AGROPOLI, in POTENZA, flares and bombs EAST BATTIPAGLIA. Gun flashes seen N.W. ROCCADASFIDE.
MET seen and attacked in target area as below. Off target area MET seen along Rd AVIGLIANO – O.1049 mostly moving N.W. fast, seen with lights, attacked and ground strafed. N9929, N9627 – 3 x 250 on scattered MET, hit Rd & near miss. O.0327, 2 x 250 on 16 MET in convoy stationary without lights, caused small fire. Approximately 40 MET seen on Rd CONTURSI – CAMPAGNA. O3318, 2 x 40 on 5/6 MET, hit Rd N.R.O. T4287, 1 x 250 on Rd. RD CONTONE – AULETTA 6 x 250, 2 x 40 singly, near miss 5/6 MET O.2617, 3 x 250, hit Rd. O.3108, 3 x 250, 2 x 40 on rd. N.R.O. O.1728, 2 x 250, 1 x 40, on lights BUCCINO and near 5/6 MET. O. 2729, 1 x 250, near approximately 10 MET. O. 2740, 2 x 250 singly on either side of river, 15/20 MET in area N.R.O. O.1049, 1 x 250, 1 x 40, bursts near Rd, ground strafed from 300 feet for radius 5 plus miles, hits along line 20 MET and groups of 4/6 MET each.

10,500ft.

Aircraft and crews