TRAIN AT DABA STATION. ALTERNATE L.G. 104

Operational Record

Target

Train at Daba station. Alternate L.G. 104

Duty

Train at DABA Station, alternate L.G. 104

Committed

9 Glenn Martin Baltimore

Time of attack

1703 hours

Airborne

1257 hrs

Returned

1438 hrs

From

L.G. 98

Map

1:250000 Egypt and Cyrenaica. Sheet 14. El Daba.

Day / night

Day

Casualties

6 a/c holed; no serious damage.

Bombing

Medium level bombing attack from 11000 ft. 54 x 250 lbs G.P. 43 Det. with rods (Baltimores)

Air defences

Intense, heavy and accurate. No E/A encountered.

Results

Two a/c seen on edge of L.G. 104. Column of smoke on rail pp. 870304. M.T. moving from S.E. towards DABA and crossing rail at 848312. Dust seen on L.G. 104 when formation was still 40 miles off, suggest that enemy a/c were taking off from there. MT. seems to be concentrated on DABA. Majority of MT. West of DABA seems to be moving East, and on road West of that point it is moving East. Battle going on along road 866308, 858284.