Operational Record
- Committed
- 12 Glenn Martin Marauder
- Airborne
- 0924 hrs
- Returned
- 1140 hrs
- From
- Pescara
- Map
- ITALY - 1:100,000 Sheet 100 FORLI
- Day / night
- Day
12 Marauders airborne at 1124 hrs. to bomb area M707055 - M715055 - M707058. Attack took place in three boxes of 4 A/c each between 1239 and 1245 hrs. - first box bombed from 12300 on a course of 283º stick falling from M711057 to M708057, one direct hit on Buildings. Second Box bombed from 12000 ft. on a course of 273°, stick falling from M713057 to M710057 causing an explosion with orange smoke at M712057. Third box from 12600 ft. on a course of 277°, stick from M714056 M711056. inside the Southern edge of the Target. Slight H.A.A. inaccurate during Bombing run. No cloud Target Area, but slight ground haze. One large fire with brown smoke at M. 710055 prior to bombing. All A/c landed at Base by 1340 hrs.
12,000ft.