ENEMY CONCENTRATIONS AND STRONG POINTS IN SQUARE TZ 51 — Operations

Operational Record

Target: Enemy concentrations and strong points in square TZ 51
Duty: Enemy concentrations and strong points in square TZ 51
Committed: 6 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack: 1025 hrs.
Airborne: 0714 hrs
Returned: 0920 hrs
From: Zuara
Map: TUNISIA 1:200,000 Sheet 23 GABES
Day / night: Day
Casualties: Nil.
Bombing: Medium level bombing. 7/8000 ft. 36 x 250 lb. GP 43 Det. (Rods)
Air defences: Enemy held fire until formation had bombed. About 50 Ack/Ack bursts were seen. These were inaccurate. 2 H.A.A. guns at TZ 5012 1 H.A.A. gun at a point 500 yards from the coast NNW of ZARAT.
Results: NMS (No movement seen) on roads and tracks. Artillery fire from TZ 5713 and YE 6198. 30 large MT badly dispersed 1500 yds. EAST of ZARAT. Dark, camouflaged fighter A/C with square wings seen in a spot 1500 ft. above formation at 1032 hrs. There were pieces falling from it in the dive. This A/C crashed at TZ 9714. Army smoke signal recognised at TZ 6310.

Baltimore box bombed on leader of formation. Bombs fell on NW corner of ZARAT Village, stretching in a long stick and bursting among some H.A.A. guns that were firing. Bomb-bursts seen in courtyard of a building.