| APO-520 | US ARMY |
| S-2 NARRATIVE REPORT | |
| MISSION DATE: APRIL 26, 1945 | |||||||||
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MISSION NBR. 274 TARGET: Casarsa, Italy - Ammunition Stores Dump (45.58N-12.49E). I. CHRONOLOGY Thirty-two B-24 type aircraft took off at 0800-0828 hours to bomb the Casarsa Ammunition Stores Dump, in Italy. One aircraft returned early with an engine out. Twenty-eight aircraft returned 68.0 tons of 500 lb RDX bombs to base, after finding target weather which prevented visual bombing. Four aircraft jettisoned 9.0 tons of bombs in the Adriatic; these aircraft each had one engine inoperative, one aircraft being an early return. Thirty-one aircraft returned to base at 1404 hours. None lost. None missing. None at friendly fields. II. ROUTE AND ASSAULT Rendezvous was made as planned. The route was flown as briefed to the I.P., Vitteria Veneto (45.58N-12.18E). From that point a course was taken west of the target and the briefed course followed to base. At the I.P. the weather aircraft had advised the Group leader that alternate targets were also cloud covered. 10-15 P-51 aircraft made rendezvous at 112 hours, (44.50N-11.09E), 23,000 feet, and withdrew at 1210 hours, (44.46N-13.23E), 21,000 feet. Weather at the target was 10/10 alto cumulus at 15,000 feet, visibility unlimited. Route weather was CAVU to Rimini; at that point about 7/10 alto stratus was present with tops at 15,000 feet. This cloud cover built up gradually to 10/10 in target area. Visibility was unlimited. III. RESULTS No targets bombed IV. ENEMY RESISTANCE A. Fighters: None B. Flak: None V. OBSERVATIONS Missing Information VI. CONCLUSION
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