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Operation No. 107

L.G. 21 (EL DABA)

Over target: 0925 hrs 6 aircraft 24 aircrew

Operational Record

Target
L.G. 21 (El Daba).
Duty
Medium level bombing attack on L.G. 21, El Daba
Committed
6 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack
0925 hrs.
Airborne
0522 hrs
Returned
0717 hrs
From
L.G. 98
Map
1:250000 Egypt and Cyrenaica. Sheet 14. El Daba.
Day / night
Day
Casualties
Two A/C holed. No serious damage.
Bombing
Medium level bombing attack. 32 x 250 G.P. 43 Det. with rods. (Four hang-ups)
Air defences
Medium heavy inaccurate Ack/Ack. No E/A encountered.
Results
Whole coastline covered with tents. MT dispersed in squares 8428, 8426, 8526. A/C seen taking off from LG's 104 and 20. 6 or 7 dispersed A/C on L.G. 20.
32 bombs on South end of drome. Near miss on ACK/ACK post which stopped firing. Same burst shattered a blast shelter with an A/C in it. Near misses observed on other blast shelters. Two small fires observed.

Aircraft and crews