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Operation No. 108

DUG-IN POSITIONS AT ABYAD

Over target: 0940 hrs 5 aircraft 20 aircrew

Operational Record

Target
Dug-in positions at Abyad.
Duty
Medium level bombing attack on dug-in positions at Abyad
Committed
5 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack
0940 hrs.
Airborne
0553 hrs
Returned
0715 hrs
From
L.G. 98
Map
1:250000 Egypt and Cyrenaica. Sheet 14. El Daba.
Day / night
Day
Casualties
Nil (Baltimores)
Bombing
Medium level bombing attack from 9000 ft. 30 x 250 G.P. 43 Det. with rods.
Air defences
Slight light Ack/Ack. No E/A encountered.
Results
Little MT but dug-in positions in target area. Guns firing from 876295. Battle on bomb line between 867287 and 875285. Considerable movement on pipe-line track East of bomb line. Little movement SW of bomb line.
All bombs in Abyad area. No observed results.

9,000ft.

Aircraft and crews