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Operation No. 715

BRIDGE

12 aircraft

Operational Record

Committed
12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Airborne
1358 hrs
Returned
1620 hrs
From
Biferno
Map
ITALY - 1:100,000 Sheet 110 SENIGALLIA
Day / night
Day
12 Baltimores airborne from BIFERNO at 1005 hrs to attack CHIARAVALLE R.R. BRIDGE at S462456. After picking up an escort of 6 Spitfires at PENNA point, formation set course at 1033 and bombed at 1110 hrs from 115OO' on a course of 040º. Vics bombed line astern and pattern of whole formation resulted in an overshoot into open fields N.E. of target. No enemy opposition. Weather: Target clear, but visibility hazy. All A/c down by 1215 hrs.