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Operation No. 113

DISPERSED MT AT PP. 862296 AND 863300

Over target: 1408 hrs 6 aircraft 24 aircrew

Operational Record

Target
Dispersed MT at pp. 862296 and 863300.
Duty
Medium level bombing attack on dispersal M.T at pp. 862296 and 863300.
Committed
6 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack
1408 hrs.
Airborne
1017 hrs
Returned
1140 hrs
From
L.G. 98
Map
1:250000 Egypt and Cyrenaica. Sheet 14. El Daba.
Day / night
Day
Casualties
Nil.
Bombing
Medium level bombing attack from 8500 ft. on course of 220 deg. 36 x 250 G.P. 43 Det. with rods. (Baltimores)
Air defences
Ack/Ack medium heavy fairly accurate. No E/A encountered.
Results
MT in target area estimated at 250 plus. Saw what looked like an A/C hit the ground in the target area.
Two fires observed, one appeared to be a petrol bowser (black smoke). At least one direct hit on MT. Many near misses.

8,500ft.

Aircraft and crews