Operational sorties Detailed view
Flt Lt Poul Henrichsen
Unit
114 Sqn
Aircraft
Boston IIIA , BZ327 (FD-W)
Date
07.03.44
Time
21:10 - 22:00
Details
Task: Armed recco roads N of ROME. Nine crews were briefed, five took off and after a bad weather report had been received by W.T., a recall was transmitted and the balance of programme cancelled. Weather: 10/10 cloud, base 4000' tops 10,000' and 9/10 ... cloud base 18,000'; on crossing mountains and approaching west coast the ... cloud lowered and joined tops of low cloud and on a/c reported being in cloud at 17,000'. One a/c bombed TERRACINO - bombs fell among buildings, remainder all returned with bombs.
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.