Operational Record
- Committed
- 24 Glenn Martin Marauder
- Airborne
- 0740 hrs
- Returned
- 1310 hrs
- From
- Pescara
- Map
- ITALY - 1:100,000 Sheet 101 RIMINI
- Day / night
- Day
24 Marauders in Boxes of 4 A/c each airborne from PESCARA during the day to attack enemy strongpoints near RIMINI, each A/c carrying 10 x 250 frag. bombs. First three boxes of at 0940 hrs and at 1040 hrs. bombed an area around p.p. R835990. First box straddled Northern Portion with an excellently spaced pattern; 2nd Box all bombs in N.E. section: 3rd box bombed an area about 1000 yrds N.W. of briefed p.p. by mistake - Direct Hits on large buildings. Slight inaccurate H.A.A. from Target Area. Two A/c returned with load due to Bomb Door trouble. Next three boxes off by 1510 hrs. to attack an area around R835950, bombing at approximately 1620 hrs. All Bombs of all three boxes in Northern Portion of Target. Moderate accurate H.A.A. encountered. Eight A/c holed. Leader of last Box hit over target immediately after bombing and A/c started spinning, eventually crashing in sea 5 miles S.E. of RIMINI. It was later confirmed by forward Troops that 4 Chutes opened, two landing in enemy territory and two among our own troops. Details being awaited. H: Missing – Lt. Gvd. H. Whitehouse and F/Sgt. J.E. Carter (Pilots) Lt. C. van Trotsenburg (Observer); W/O's N.H. Swale, H.E. Horscroft and J. Wilson (Airgunners)