GUN POSITIONS D6054 — Operations

Operational Record

Target: GUN POSITIONS D6054
Duty: Medium level bombing attack Gun positions D6054.
Committed: 12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack: 1835 Hrs LT.
Airborne: 1535 hrs
Returned: 1730 hrs
From: Cuticchi
Map: 1:100,000 MESSINA + REGGIO CALABRIA.
Day / night: Day
Casualties: Nil.
Bombing: Medium level bombing. 12000 feet, Course 090° 71 x 250 lbs. G.P. 52 Dets. (1 x 250 lbs. G.P. hung up, Jettisoned in sea S.W. BAGNARA)
Air defences: Moderate H.A.A. from BAGNARA, inaccurate L.A.A. (Yellow bursting below formation, bursting after curve downwards. Inaccurate.)
Results: General movement of small lots on M.T. on main roads.

Formation attacked in two boxes of 6 each and bombs burst from D590542 to D608537 in good pattern. Gun flashes were seen coming from among buildings where some bombs exploded.