Operational Record
- Target
- Sciacca L.G.
- Duty
- Medium level bombing attack SCIACCA L.G.
- Committed
- 2 Glenn Martin Baltimore
- Time of attack
- 0407/0412 hrs LT.
- Airborne
- 0115 hrs
- Returned
- 0425 hrs
- From
- Soliman Ben Hagen
- Map
- SICILIA 1:500,000. Sheet No. NE 36/12
- Day / night
- Night
- Casualties
- Nil.
- Bombing
- Medium Level. 10/11000 ft. Courses 240°/310° Mag. 12 x 250 GP (Rods) 43 Det. (6 dropped in salvo-jettison over target.)
- Air defences
- Spasmodic HAA inaccurate from LG area. 1 HAA gun seen on coast on route back. 3/4 searchlights fairly accurate in LG area, one white, other blue.
- Results
- (i) Wind considered more westerly than Met wind and higher. (ii) 2 good bearings received. (iii) Evasive motion by "S" dive turn.
Boundaries of LG NOT identified. 4 flares seen SW of LG and NW of town of SCIACCA. One large fire seen on arrival, and smaller fires around LG and town – one fire in SCIACCA town. Former aircraft dropped all bombs - six - in salvo by jettison over target area as per ETA. All seen to explode. Latter aircraft dropped long stick of 3 bombs short of LG and three across it. NO results observed.
11,000ft.
Aircraft and crews
226
H – How
- Ord, D. Officer Commanding
- Hodges, S. R. Observer
- Walker, A. W/Op AG
- Devenish, F. M. Airgunner
176
YY – Double Yoke
- Jandrell, A. C. Officer Commanding
- Christie, J. W. Observer
- Pearce, J. W/Op AG
- le Roux, R. Airgunner