Operational Record
- Target
- Shipping and Harbour installations Termini Imerese.
- Duty
- Bombing attack shipping or harbour installations Termini Imerese
- Committed
- 4 Glenn Martin Baltimore
- Time of attack
- 0345 hrs to 0406 hrs LT. Courses 160° to 195°
- Airborne
- 0020 hrs
- Returned
- 0350 hrs
- From
- Soliman Ben Hagen
- Map
- SICILIA 1:500,000. Sheet No. NE 36/12
- Day / night
- Night
- Casualties
- Nil
- Bombing
- Medium level, 10/10500 ft. 15 x 250 GP 43 Det. (3 x 250 GP 43 Det and 180 x 4 lb Incendiaries Hung up and brought back to base.) 16 Flares 4.5 Recce No. 10 (6 flares did not ignite). 180 x 4 lb incendiaries.
- Air defences
- Slight inaccurate LAA, one S/L flashed on for one moment.
- Results
- Flares seem to burn for about one minute only. Fires in Harbour seemed like burning vessel.
4 aircraft, 2 of which pathfinders, took off 0220 hrs and bombed TERMINI IMERESE HARBOUR from 10000' at 0345 to 0405 hrs, landed base 0550 hrs LT. NO shipping seen and HARBOUR area attacked. Bombs bursting across base of mole; in central Dock area and in Town near Docks. NO results observed.
10,500ft.
Aircraft and crews
136
M – Mike
- Dugmore, G. F. Pilot
- Masters, O. R. Observer
- Maasdorp W/Op AG
- Rogers, C. L. Airgunner
AG 951
V – Vic
- Coppen, C. S. Officer Commanding
- Farrant, R. H. Observer
- Bradfield, A. G. Airgunner
- Lyne, J. L. Airgunner
221
Y – Yoke
- Eaton, T. W. Pilot
- Gould, P. L. Observer
- Freestone, H. K. W/Op AG
- van Rooyen, I. J. Airgunner
176
YY – Double Yoke
- Jandrell, A. C. Officer Commanding
- Christie, J. W. Observer
- Pearce, J. W/Op AG
- le Roux, R. Airgunner