APPROXIMATELY 20 DISPERSED A/C ON LG 104 — Operations

Operational Record

Target: Approximately 20 dispersed A/C on LG 104.
Duty: Medium level bombing attack on L.G. 104.
Committed: 12 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack: 1404 hrs.
Airborne: 1005 hrs
Returned: 1140 hrs
From: L.G. 98
Map: Daba 1:250,000 Sheet 14.
Day / night: Day
Casualties: Six of our A/C holed. Lt. L.C. Weir (Pilot) and Lt. W.J. Magid (Observer) in A/C 840 T were slightly wounded.
Bombing: Medium level bombing attack from 9800 ft. 72 x 250lb. G.P. 43 detonator with extension rods.
Air defences: Heavy, accurate and intense Ack/Ack. Encountered shortly after leaving target. Over target Ack/Ack not so intense or accurate. No enemy A/C observed until over target when three fighters were seen taking off from LG 104. Top cover seen in combat, One Macchi 202 attacked our formation scoring hits on.
Results: Four single engined A/C observed on Southern edge of LG 104 and Six more in the North-East corner.

All bombs fell in the target area. Number of near misses on A/C. Whole aerodrome covered by bursts. One fairly large fire observed. Very little smoke. Fire in NW corner of target.