Operational sorties Detailed view
Flt Lt Poul Henrichsen
Unit
114 Sqn
Aircraft
Boston III , HK874 (FD-)
Date
18.04.44
Time
20:10 - 22:30
Details
Eight aircraft carried out recce of shipping from PESCARA to ANCONA. Weather was very good and visibility excellent. No active shipping was observed nor M/T on coast road but scattered M/T on inland roads was again reported. A ship at S.BENEDETTO was attacked, and bombs were dropped on ANCONA staring fires on moles and workshops.
A very effective reconnaissance of four bridges was made by two a/c (F/S Malloy, pilot with F/S Charles, navigator, and F/L Fraser, pilot, with P/O Ferguson, navigator) They co-operated well in illuminating the targets and reported road and rail bridges at ROSETO unserviceable and other bridges on the coast damaged but apparently serviceable. These accurate observations carried out at night were substantiated by a photo recce carried out the following day.
Two bridges were attacked with very near misses reported.
Total bombs dropped: 20 x 500 lb and 128 x 40 lb.
Crew:
- F/O P. Henrichsen
- F/O G.C.O. Wyerth
- F/S Lampert, A.A.
- Sgt. Bingham, W.J.
Source
AIR 27/883
Note
ORB is handwritten and difficult to read in places.