Operational Record
- Target
- Target L.G. 104.
- Duty
- Medium level bombing attack on L.G. 104
- Committed
- 6 Glenn Martin Baltimore
- Time of attack
- 1214 hrs.
- Airborne
- 0821 hrs
- Returned
- 0955 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. 30 x 250 G.P. 43 Det. with rods (Baltimores) Four x 250 hang-ups jettisoned into the sea. 2 x 250 hang-ups shaken off wide of target.
- Air defences
- Intense, accurate and heavy Ack/Ack encountered over target area. Followed formation out to sea. Ack/Ack posts seen also on escarpment on coast. No E/A encountered.
- Results
- Dust plumes at pp. 840310 gave the appearance of A/C taking off from there. Boston seen gliding down. Estimated probable landing point pp. 880300. Four A/C seen on NW corner of L.G. 104. Three A/C dispersed near coast a few miles NW of L.G. 104.
Aircraft and crews
956
C – Charlie
- Golding, H. S. Pilot
- Mulholland, L. G. Observer
- Dyson, W. A. W/Op AG
- Green, C. E. O. Airgunner
910
H – How
- Hotchkiss, E. G. Pilot
- Morrell, R. F. Observer
- Mamet, J. V. W/Op AG
- Mendelsohn, S. E. Airgunner
AG 933
L – Love
- Meredith, J. F. G. Pilot
- Baillie, D. G. Observer
- Smith, S. C. W/Op AG
- O'Regan, J. J. Airgunner
121
R – Roger
- Rich, A. P. Pilot
- Moore, T. G. Observer
- Roberts, F. W. W/Op AG
- Lovell-Wright Airgunner
840
T – Tare
- Carr, J. D. Pilot
- Lombaard, H. P. T. Observer
- Toms, R. N. W/Op AG
- Wright, W. B. Airgunner
863
Z – Zebra
- Weir, L. C. Pilot
- Magid Observer
- Stopforth, K. J. Airgunner
- Carbarns, A. Airgunner