ADRANO VILLAGE — Operations

Operational Record

Target: ADRANO Village.
Duty: ADRANO Village.
Committed: 12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack: 1221 hours LT.
Airborne: 0910 hrs
Returned: 1124 hrs
From: Hal Far
Map: SICILIA 1:500,000. NE 36/12
Day / night: Day
Casualties: Nil.
Bombing: Medium level attack. Height 11500 Course 350° 72 x 250 GP 47 Det 27 Pistols.
Air defences: Nil.
Results: i) Approx. 15 MT seen in open space in village. ii) 20 MT moving fast from CENTURIPE - to - ADRANO. iii) 30 MT moving to CENTURIPE from CATENANUOVA.

Formation attacked in two boxes. The first Box bombed from NORTH of the garden in the SOUTH of the village towards the NW corner. All bombs fell in the town and many buildings were destroyed. The No. 2 Box straddled the two roads in the SW corner of the village, scoring direct hits.