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Operation No. 512

PALENA TOWN - H1276

Tuesday, 11 January 1944

Over target: 1245 hrs 12 aircraft 48 aircrew

Operational Record

Target
PALENA Town - H1276
Duty
PALENA Town - H1276
Committed
12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack
1245 A Hrs
Airborne
0849 hrs
Returned
1024 hrs
From
Tortorella
Map
ITALY 1:100,000 Sheets 147/153 LANCIANO and AGNONE.
Day / night
Day
Casualties
Nil
Bombing
Medium level bombing 245º 11300'/12500' 22 x 500 MC 49 Det 27 Pistol 33 x 250 GP 49 Det 27 Pistol 2 x 500, 3 x 250 Hang-up, brought back to base.
Air defences
Nil
Results
4 M.E.T. alongside buildings H104740 – tracks to Rd visible. Gun flashes area ORSOGNA. EAST and S.E. portion of town pitted with bomb-bursts marked in snow. Rds still snow covered.
Target seen in narrow break of 10/10 cloud. Leading box bombed S.E. portion of town, bursts being seen from H117755 to H110753. Medium stick. NO direct hits on buildings observed. Second box N.W. edge of town across Rd PALENA – CASOLI. Hits on buildings along side Rd and on Rd itself. Boundaries of hits H114759 – H112755

Aircraft and crews