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Operation No. 120

DISPERSED M.T. AT 860295

Over target: 1640 hrs 6 aircraft 24 aircrew

Operational Record

Target
Dispersed M.T. at 860295
Duty
Dispersed M.T. at pp. 860295
Committed
6 Glenn Martin Baltimore
Time of attack
1640 hours
Airborne
1246 hrs
Returned
1407 hrs
From
L.G. 98
Map
1:250000 Egypt and Cyrenaica. Sheet 14. El Daba.
Day / night
Day
Casualties
Nil
Bombing
Medium level bombing attack from 10,000 ft. 36 x 250 lbs. G.P. 43 Det. with rods.
Air defences
Slight, heavy, inaccurate.
Results
Intense shelling on whole front. Shelling seen 864299. 100 plus M.T. concentrated at 863288. An A/C which looked like a Hurricane was seen in the sea at pp. 443296.

10,000ft.

Aircraft and crews