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Operation No. 169

MT ON MAIN ROAD FROM MISURATA TO TAUORGA

Friday, 15 January 1943

Over target: 2330 hrs 1 aircraft 4 aircrew

Operational Record

Target
MT on Main Road from MISURATA to TAUORGA.
Duty
M.T. on main road from MISURATA to TAUORGA
Committed
1 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack
2330 - 2333 hrs.
Airborne
1928 hrs
Returned
2128 hrs
From
Gzina
Map
LIBYA 1:500,000 Sheets 3/9. MISURATA.
Day / night
Night
Casualties
Nil.
Bombing
3000 ft. 6 x 250 lb. G.P. 43 Det. (Rods), in one long stick.
Air defences
Nil.
Results
Artillery engagement; likely position 8 mls. WEST of ??? OXYGEN None available.
No fires seen on arrival. Bombed along road; 100 to 200 yds interval, along road between CRISPI and GIODA. No results observed.

3,000ft.

Aircraft and crews