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Operation No. 112

DISPERSED MT AT PP. 864299

Over target: 1344 hrs 6 aircraft 24 aircrew

Operational Record

Target
Dispersed MT at pp. 864299.
Duty
Medium level bombing attack on dispersed M.T. at pp. 864299
Committed
6 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack
1344 hrs.
Airborne
0927 hrs
Returned
1110 hrs
From
L.G. 98
Map
1:250000 Egypt and Cyrenaica. Sheet 14. El Daba.
Day / night
Day
Casualties
Nil (Baltimores).
Bombing
Medium level bombing attack from 9500 (Course 200 deg.) 36 x 250 G.P. 43 Det. with rods. (Baltimores)
Air defences
Intense moderate Ack/Ack. Accurate. No E/A encountered.
Results
MT in target area not on the move. Well dispersed and apparently dug-in. Three groups of about 50 each observed.
Two direct hits and several near misses observed.

Aircraft and crews