Capt. Dieu the Belgian officer who had flown one of the aircraft which crashed on the 3rd, accompanied by Lt. MacRitchie, the Assistant Adjutant, set off to locate the crashed aircraft and investigate the whereabouts of the crews, as information had been received that the area where the crash had occurred was now in Allied hands.
Aircraft took off at 08.40 hours to bomb the Western edge of the road at LANCIANO. Bombs fell in good pattern, the majority between the village and the cross roads.
Sortie Report No. 460
The target for the second raid was SCORCLOSA; the bombs fell in narrow pattern on either side of the road, six direct hits being observed, the aircraft returning to Base at 13.43 hours.
Sortie Report No. 461