Operational sorties Detailed view
Flt Lt Poul Henrichsen
Unit
114 Sqn
Aircraft
Boston IIIA , BZ327 (FD-W)
Date
08.04.44
Time
19:50 - 22:35
Details
Target: Shipping and road movement on east coast, PESCARE-ANCONA. Eight a/c briefed, one did not take off owing to magneto trouble. Visibility was poor and there were rain showers in the area, also high, cloud obscuring the moon. No shipping at sea was observed nor more than 5-6 lights along coast road there were m/gunned. Some movement however observed on inland road moving towards PESCARA-MONESILVANO, this was bombed, causing flashes from rly & rd. junction MONTESILVANO and directly hitting railway shed at (R)C1626 (S.W. of PESCARA). Other targets bombed included bldgs at ROSETO, lights inland at ASINO (S6833); mole and town S.BENEDETTO; rly yard at RECANATI, and harbour installations at ANCONA. LF from 1-2 guns ROSETO, S.BENEDETTO, 4 guns S.GIORGIO, 7-8 guns ANCONA.
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.