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Operation No. 257

MT ROAD MAHARES-SFAX

Over target: 0935 hrs 17 aircraft 68 aircrew

Operational Record

Target
MT Road MAHARES-SFAX
Duty
Medium level bombing attack on retreating M.T. on MAHARES-SFAX Road.
Committed
17 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack
0935/8 hrs.
Airborne
0642 hrs
Returned
0905 hrs
From
Senem
Map
TUNISIA 1:500,000 Sheet NI/32/NE
Day / night
Day
Casualties
Nil.
Bombing
Medium level bombing attack. 102 x 250 lb. GP 43 Det. (Rods)
Air defences
Nil.
Results
Approx. 30 MT SW of NAKTA, EAST of Main Road. 2/5000-ton, single funnel, grey ship stationary at NE end of S Harbour entrance. Train, steam up, at TU 7825. Abandoned dinghy on sand bank next to island KNEISS. Little movement seen on tracks and roads converging on MAHARES.
Formation attacked in boxes in line astern, and bombed about 12 MT in area U 7220 to U 7928. Most of the bursts were on the EAST side of the road, and in a tight pattern as a result of a temporary hang-up of the leader's bombs. No results were observed. The target was poor.

Aircraft and crews