GUN POSITIONS IN ST. CYPRIEN AREA — Operations

Operational Record

Target: Gun positions in St. CYPRIEN area.
Duty: Medium level bombing attack on enemy positions in St. CYPRIEN area.
Committed: 18 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack: 1510 hrs. - 1511 hrs. L.T.
Airborne: 1154 hrs
Returned: 1422 hrs
From: El Djem Main
Map: TUNISIA 1:500,000 Sheet NJ.32. SE. TUNIS.
Day / night: Day
Casualties: A/C FA 115 Missing. Hit by A/A and seen to go down in steep dive with port engine in flames, over J 8650 at 1509 1/2 hrs. Shell burst between engine and main plane. Crew missing. Crew: Capt. A.G.M. Budd (Pilot) Lt. J. Sadler (Observer) F/O W.W.H. Cornelius (RCAF) Wireless Operator. F/Sgt. C.R. Woods (Air Gunner) Major A.T.A. Wallace (Bedfordshire - Hertfordshire Regiment) (Special army observer)
Bombing: Medium level bombing from 8/9000 ft. 102 x 250 lb. GP 43 Det. (Rods).
Air defences: Intense and accurate A/A for No. 3 Box only, from TEBOURBA area. 3 HAA guns at J8545. 4 HAA guns at J 8317. 3 HAA guns at J 8657. 2 HAA guns at J 9252. Some flashes from J 9020.
Results: Fires burning at J 8645 & J 8254.

The formation bombed in three boxes of six, and bombs fell in area bounded by pp. (approx) J 900500, 934495, 930505 & 915513. Direct hits scored on main roads and buildings. Bursts observed near Ack/Ack guns firing from P 9252. No other results observed.