GUN POSITIONS AND STRONG POINTS H7393. (LATITUDE : **37° 37' 50'' N **LONGITUDE : **14° 49'… — Operations

Operational Record

Target: GUN POSITIONS and strong points H7393. (Latitude : **37° 37' 50'' N **Longitude : **14° 49' 39'' E**)
Duty: Gun positions and strong points H7393.
Committed: 12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack: 1148 hrs LT.
Airborne: 0835 hrs
Returned: 1046 hrs
From: Hal Far
Map: 1. SICILIA 1:500,000 NE 36/12. 2. PATERNO 1:100,000 Sheet 269
Day / night: Day
Casualties: Nil.
Bombing: Medium level bombing. 10/105000 Courses 100°-115° 72 x 250 GP 43 Det Rods.
Air defences: Nil.
Results: i) Convoy 40 MT 50 yds dispersed moving SFERRO to CATENANOUVA. ii) Bridge at H562946 Blown. iii) Bridge at H700957 appears damaged.

Aircraft took off at 1035 hrs LT and attacked Gun positions at H7393 (Latitude : **37.63061 ° **Longitude :** 14.82745 °**) in two boxes of 6 each from 10/10500 ft on courses of 100-115°. Landed at 1246 hrs LT. The target was covered in excellent pattern by No. 1 Box and bombs fell among dug-in positions from H728935 (Latitude :** 37.63513 ° **Longitude :** 14.82524 °**) to H740930 (Latitude :** 37.63052 ° **Longitude :** 14.83879 °**). No. 2 Box bombed at H724932 (Latitude :** 37.63246 ° **Longitude :** 14.82067 °**) and scored hits on rail track. NO AA. Weather cloudy but visibility good through breaks. Bridge at H682948 (Latitude :** 37.64722 ° **Longitude :** 14.77322 °**) blown. 40 MT moving NORTH SFERRO-CATENANOUVA dispersed.