RD JUNCTION NORTHERN PORTION OF POPOLI TOWN - (G8696) — Operations

Operational Record

Target: Rd Junction Northern portion of POPOLI Town - (G8696)
Duty: Road Junction – POPOLI – (G8696)
Committed: 12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack: 1536 A Hrs
Airborne: 1136 hrs
Returned: 1325 hrs
From: Tortorella
Map: ITALY 1:100,000 Sheet 146 POPOLI
Day / night: Day
Casualties: Nil.
Bombing: Medium level bombing attack 050º/070º 12800'/13200' 24 x 500 MC 49 Det 27 Pistol 35 x 250 GP 49 Det 27 Pistol 1 x 250 GP 49 Det 27 Pistol (Hang-up in a/c "U" Mk. 4, Fuse blown)
Air defences: Nil.
Results: Smoke from TOLLO area observed at 1517 A Hrs (height 10000') "H" seen.

Target easily identified. Leader overshot and formation bombed on Leader. Short stick concentrated on hill side EAST of POPOLI town pp. G864968. One hit or near miss on railway G864969.