POPOLI RR STN. – G857965 — Operations

Operational Record

Target: POPOLI RR STN. – G857965
Duty: POPOLI RR STN. – G857965
Committed: 12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack: 1356 A Hrs
Airborne: 1005 hrs
Returned: 1145 hrs
From: Tortorella
Map: ITALY 1:100,000 Sheet 146 SULMONA
Day / night: Day
Casualties: Nil
Bombing: Medium level bombing 070º/12000' 24 x 500 MC 49 Det 27 Pistol 36 x 250 GP 52 Det 44 Pistol
Air defences: One unidentified fighter 2000' S.W. of target on NORTH course. 15 unidentified fighters while crossing mountains on return.
Results: NO M.E.T. seen in POPOLI Rd CARAMANICO – ROCCACARAMANICO cleared of snow.

Leading box patterned from just WEST of RR across target among buildings and as far as the river. Main concentration of bursts seen on RR and just EAST of it. Pattern from second box fell between Stn area and RR bridge G855963 and on course across river to Rd G860964. Direct hits on RR buildings and Rd.