Operational Record
- Target
- Trapani-Milo A/D.
- Duty
- Medium level bombing attack Trapani-Milo aerodrome.
- Committed
- 3 Glenn Martin Baltimore
- Time of attack
- 0402 LT. Favignana Island. 0403/9 hrs LT.
- Airborne
- 0055 hrs
- Returned
- 0400 hrs
- From
- Soliman Ben Hagen
- Map
- SICILIA 1:500,000. Sheet No. NE 36/12
- Day / night
- Night
- Casualties
- Nil
- Bombing
- Medium Level. 6000' over FAVIGNANA IS. 11 x 500 GP (6 x 11 secs 9200/11000' over Target. 2 x 39 Det 6 hrs. 3 x 37 Pistol 12 hrs) tail fused. 1 6 hr delay NOT released, 1 6 hr delay jettisoned in sea and 2 x 11 secs, 1 6hr delay dropped in stick on FAVIGNANA IS.
- Air defences
- 3/4 HAA near target inaccurate. 6 S/Ls over LG for few minutes mostly concentrated over harbour where 15/20 seen and intense HAA and LAA seen.
- Results
- Beacon seen NORTH of target. Own beacons OK.
One aircraft bombed FAVIGNANA IS. with 3 bombs after jettisoning one in sea, due to inability to gain height. Results unobserved. CROWSFEET NOT dropped. Fire on slope Mt. S. GUILIANO made raid target visible to one aircraft - other bombed on ETA. Crowsfeet dropped after last bomb. 2 bombs seen to explode. NO results observed.
Aircraft and crews
226
H – How
- Ord, D. Officer Commanding
- Hodges, S. R. Observer
- Walker, A. W/Op AG
- Devenish, F. M. Airgunner
136
M – Mike
- Dugmore, G. F. Pilot
- Masters, O. R. Observer
- Maasdorp W/Op AG
- Rogers, C. L. Airgunner
167
S – Sugar
- Smit, A. C. Pilot
- Kay, G. S. Observer
- Toms, R. N. W/Op AG
- Wright, D. C. Airgunner