Eleven Marauders, in two boxes of four aircraft and one of three aircraft briefed to attack a Road Bridge over the SAVIO River. The first box had a lateral right error, bombs falling on approach road and direct hits on buildings North of bridge. Second box undershot, bombs falling across Railroad line. The third box had a slight lateral error scoring direct hits on Northern approach of bridge. Slight, inaccurate heavy A.A. was encountered. Last aircraft down by 10.03 hours.
Sortie Report No. 837.
Twelve Marauders in three boxes of four aircraft set out to attack Road Bridge over SAVIO River. The first box straddled the southern approach of Bridge, Phot. interpretation shows no damage to the bridge. The second box had a slight lateral error and scored direct hits on approach road. The third box had an undershoot and scored a direct hit on the already broken Railroad Bridge. Moderate, heavy A.A., inaccurate encountered, one aircraft receiving a small hole. Last aircraft down by 16.10 hours.
Sortie Report No. 838.
Capt. MARITZ (pilot) and W.Os. v.d. COLF and KELLY (WT/AGs) posted O.T.E. 2/Lt. HOWARD (observer) posted to 24 Squadron and Sgt. BELL (RAF) WT/AG. posted to 12 Squadron.