Operational sorties Detailed view
Flt Lt Poul Henrichsen
Unit
114 Sqn
Aircraft
Boston IIIA , BZ257 (FD-)
Date
02.01.44
Time
21:00 - 22:45
Details
TARGET: Armed Recce of road MIGLIANICO-CHIETI-PESCARA. 6 a/c took off, one returned early owing to compass failure. Visibility was very good and there was no cloud over target area but practically no movement was seen on the roads briefed except 4 M/T south of MIGLIANICO and 5/6 M/T S og PESCARA which were bombed. One a/c ... reported .. M/T mowing N'wards to ... at RC115175 and bombed and machine gunned. Other targets included road joint and bridges. Opporsition: 1 burst inaccurate HF and one LF slightly inland S. of PESCARA.
Source
AIT 27/883
Note
ORB is handwritten and difficult to read in places