MT AT REFUELLING POINT U 1417 OR MT ALONG TRACK NE TO SFAX — Operations

Operational Record

Target: MT at refuelling point U 1417 or MT along track NE to SFAX.
Duty: Medium level bombing attack on M.T. at refuelling point at U 1417 (Alternately MT along track NE to SFAX)
Committed: 15 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack: 1325 hrs.
Airborne: 1007 hrs
Returned: 1210 hrs
From: Senem
Map: TUNISIA 1:500,000 Sheet NI/32/NE SFAX.
Day / night: Day
Casualties: Nil.
Bombing: Medium level bombing attack. 6/6500 ft. 90 x 250 lb. GP 43 Det. (Rods).
Air defences: Nil.
Results: S/E A/C on mudbank at TU 5804. Two large trucks running along railway line at TU 5006. Fair number of well dispersed MT moving NW on track MAHARES - AGAREB.

Leader of formation found no target at refuelling point and followed track running NE to SFAX. Visibility was good and when suitable target and no movement was seen in a wide area between U 1417 and U 5028, leader decided to bomb a small concentration of approx. 12 MT at U 5824. Bombs bursts among some MT and along the road. No results observed.