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Operation No. 329

SCIACCA L.G. SICILY

Over target: 0402 hrs 4 aircraft 16 aircrew

Operational Record

Target
Sciacca L.G. Sicily.
Duty
Medium level bombing attack on SCIACCA L.G.
Committed
4 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack
0402/0415 hrs LT.
Airborne
0020 hrs
Returned
0410 hrs
From
Soliman Ben Hagen
Map
SICILIA 1:500,000. Sheet No. NE 36/12
Day / night
Night
Casualties
Nil.
Bombing
Medium Level. 7600 ft to 13000 ft. 24 x 250 GP Rods 43 Det. 90 x 4 lb incendiaries. 5 flares 4.5 Mk 5 Capsules. 3 No. 10 and 2 No. 6.
Air defences
Slight inaccurate HAA and LAA from target area. Flashes seen N of SCIACCA Town and MENFI village. NO searchlights.
Results
(i) Steady light at Cape S. MARCO. (ii) This Squadron's Pathfinder dropped flares from 0349 hrs to 0411 hrs, and himself bombed at 0415 hrs. The flares lasted from 2 to 3 minutes and the target was not very well illuminated.
Three aircraft identified the target and straddled the LG with their bombs and incendiaries. One aircraft bombed on ETA. An explosion giving off orange flash was seen SW of LG, but no fire developed. There was a small fire burning between SCIACCA Town and the LG. Many bomb bursts were observed mostly WEST of the Target.

7,600ft.

Aircraft and crews