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Operation No. 99

LANDING GROUND

Over target: 1033 hrs 14 aircraft 56 aircrew

Operational Record

Target
L.G. 20.
Duty
Medium level bombing attack on L.G. 20
Committed
14 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack
1033 hrs.
Airborne
0638 hrs
Returned
0815 hrs
From
L.G. 98
Map
1:250000 Egypt and Cyrenaica Sheet 14 El Daba.
Day / night
Day
Casualties
Nine Baltimores holed – none badly.
Bombing
Medium level bombing attack from 9000 ft. 80 x 250 G.P. 43 detonator with rods. 4 x 250 hang-ups were jettisoned over the sea.
Air defences
Heavy and accurate, but not intense. Encountered just after turning away from target. No enemy A/C encountered.
Results
Two unidentified single-engined A/C seen going down out of control at 1042 hrs. p.p. 859325. One big camp (tents and people) seen at p.p. 825319 to 834322. Noticeable feature was the large number of people. These were not formed up. There was no transport on the road. 1 big red patch was seen in the sea at p.p. 852325.
All bombs in target area. No results observed.

9,000ft.

Aircraft and crews