Two raids to-day. First raid 12 Baltis airborne at 07.10 hours to attack a gun area on the coast 5 miles West of ANCONA. Formation bombed in line astern; pattern of both boxes merged thro' centre of area contained between p.p. S.534480 - 533476 -526470 – 527484. No enemy opposition. Fighter area cover provided. Visibility fair. Sortie Report No. 766.
Second raid - twelve Baltis airborne at 18.45 hours to attack Road Bridge at S.492504. Formation bombed in boxes line astern. First box dropped a short stick from S494504 – S495499 second box from S498501 – S499497. Both boxes slight lateral error to the left, straddling railway line and road. Some direct hits on buildings at S495501, starting a small fire with white smoke. Heavy ack-ack, slight, inaccurate from coastal area East of target area. Area cover provided by Spits. Sortie Report No. 767.