Aquino and Capodichino aerodromes in Italy
19 July 1943
From 150 Squadron ORB's
Mission summary:
"On this occasion 14 aircraft were detailed for operations, eleven being ordered to attack the aerodrome at Aquino with 250 and 500lb bombs and the three with 4000lb bombs were to bomb Capodichino aerodrome. The pilots were:
Aquino aerodrome
Capodichino aerodrome
Weather was clear with moderately good visibility and ten aircraft were able to identify Aquino aerodrome and drop their bombs accurately with the help of flares. Large fires followed by explosions were caused among the buildings and these later merged into one enveloping fire. Many aircraft dispersed on the ground were set on fire and many seen to explode and pyrotechnics were set off. At the end of the raid there were fires around the whole perimeter. Flak was negligible. Bombing height was 2500-8000ft and 17 photos were obtained.

Two of the crews on Capodichino claim to have found the target and seen their two bombs burst in the target area. One starting a fire in the SE corner among buildings. The third aircraft was unable to pinpoint the target accurately due to searchlights but the bomb was dropped somewhere in the aerodrome vicinity. There was no flak from the aerodrome but moderate inaccurate heavy and light flak came from the Naples defences and 20-30 searchlights were active and accurate. All crews returned safely from both of these operations."