Operational Record
- Committed
- 12 Glenn Martin Marauder
- Airborne
- 1200 hrs
- Returned
- 1400 hrs
- From
- Jesi
- Map
- ITALY - 1:100,000 Sheet 76 FERRARA
- Day / night
- Day
12 Marauders (4-4-4) airborne from JESI L/G between 1400 - 1600 Hrs. to attack a concentration of enemy troops in buildings at RUNCO (M239747). Formation bombed at 1517 hrs on a course of app. 320º from 11,000'. All three boxes straddled the target area with well concentrated patterns, ± 80% of bombs in target area. Slight inaccurate HAA encountered target area. Weather; clear visibility hazy - 8 miles.