Operational Record
- Committed
- 8 Glenn Martin Marauder
- Airborne
- 1032 hrs
- Returned
- 1352 hrs
- From
- Jesi
- Map
- YUGOSLAVIA 1:100,000 Sheet 11
- Day / night
- Day
8 Marauders in 2 boxes of 4 A/c airborne from JESI L/G between 1232 and 1552 hours, to bomb the marshalling yards at ZALOG YUGOSLAVIA pp D460190. After R/v at BELLARIA with escort of 8 Spitfires, formation set course for target and bombed at 1423 - 1429 hours from 1,000 ft. Boxes bombed individually. Bombs from first box straddled choke point at Western entrance to target. Cloud prevented observation of bomb bursts from second box, but photographs later revealed that the centre of the target was straddled. One Marauder airborne between 1213 and 1516 hours to find wind in target area (ZALOG) and to bomb store sheds at ROTTA NOVA. Wind of 339/55 found at 12,000' Bombs undershot target - no shed being hit. No enemy opposition. Weather 6/10th Cu. at 10,000' over target. Visibility fair to good through gaps.
1,000ft.