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Operation No. 106

DISPERSED MT IN NW CORNER OF RECTANGLE FORMED BY PP. 855300, 855288, 863280, 863300

Over target: 1553 hrs 1 aircraft 4 aircrew

Operational Record

Target
Dispersed MT in NW corner of rectangle formed by pp. 855300, 855288, 863280, 863300.
Duty
Medium level bombing attack on dispersed M.T.
Committed
1 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack
1553 hrs.
Airborne
1155 hrs
Returned
1325 hrs
From
L.G. 98
Map
1:250000 Egypt and Cyrenaica. Sheet 14. El Daba.
Day / night
Day
Casualties
Nil (Baltimore).
Bombing
Medium level bombing attack. 6 x 250 G.P. 43 Det. with rods. (Baltimore)
Air defences
Slight heavy inaccurate Ack/Ack over target area. No E/A encountered.
Results
Ideal target concentrated at 860296. Looks like a laager of MT or tanks. Saw one MT on fire in target area. About 100 MT there are not well dispersed.
M.T. in rectangle 855300, 855280, 863280, 863300.

Aircraft and crews