MT ON MAIN ROAD FROM PISIDA - ZUARA — Operations

Operational Record

Target: MT on Main Road from PISIDA - ZUARA
Duty: M.T. on Road from PISIDA to ZUARA
Committed: 9 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack: 2133 - 2155 hrs.
Airborne: 1734 hrs
Returned: 2110 hrs
From: Gzina
Map: LIBYA 1:500,000 Sheet 3/9 MISURATA Sheet 21. PISIDA.
Day / night: Night
Casualties: Nil.
Bombing: Medium level. 3500 - 7000 ft. 54 x 250 lb. G.P. 43 Det. (Rods)
Air defences: One H.A.A. gun firing from ZUARA. Various L.A.A guns from points along the road. Fairly accurate.
Results: Fair amount of MT going NORTH on road 15 mls. SOUTH of ZUARA. One pilot saw low-wing A/C 300 ft. below on same course SOUTH of TRIPOLI after bombing. Light to sea off BUERAT at 2245 hrs. Intense artillery fire from own lines on narrow front at RL 7617. Large fire in TRIPOLI area. Two fires at PISIDA. Ammunition dump exploding near CASTEL BENITO aerodrome. NORTH of AZIZIA four lights in a square. OXYGEN None Available.

Some of the crews were able to see MT parked off the road. Bombing was well distributed from P 2190 to approximately four miles WEST of ZUARA. One fire was started EAST of ZEL... and three bombs fell among MT.