Operational Record
- Target
- Dispersed MT at pp. 857295.
- Duty
- Medium level bombing attack on 857295 - dispersed MT.
- Committed
- 6 Glenn Martin Baltimore
- Time of attack
- 1111 hrs.
- Airborne
- 0722 hrs
- Returned
- 0842 hrs
- From
- L.G. 98
- Map
- 1:250000 Egypt and Cyrenaica. Sheet 14. El Daba.
- Day / night
- Day
- Casualties
- One of X holed. Only slight damage.
- Bombing
- Medium level bombing attack from 9500 ft. 30 x 250 G.P., 43 Det. with rods on target. 6 x 250 hang-ups (electrical failure).
- Air defences
- Ack/Ack slight heavy. Accurate for height, but too much to the right. E/A Nil.
- Results
- At 858287(?) 300 MT not w.d. (well dispersed). 862287 50 plus MT. 860258 100 plus. Landing ground seen at 856268 with 2 S-Eng. a/C (Possibly Plane - Stores). Medium? movement North on road from 858286 to Sidi Rahman Concentrations at 858247 and 862287 give appearance of being about to move North. Road being shelled at Ras el XXngia.
All bombs in target. No results observed.
9,500ft.
Aircraft and crews
AG 873
N – Nab
- Liddiard, G. A. Pilot
- Pickerill, J. H. M. Observer
- Perkins, G. W/Op AG
- Kruger, E. L. Airgunner
920
O – Oboe
- Jandrell, A. C. Officer Commanding
- Wheeler, H. C. Observer
- Morley, D. H. Airgunner
- Felton, L. J. Airgunner
121
R – Roger
- Martin, C. A. Pilot
- Gibson, H. A. Observer
- Oliff, A. T. W/Op AG
- Abraham, W. J. Airgunner
840
T – Tare
- Carr, J. D. Pilot
- Lombaard, H. P. T. Observer
- Toms, R. N. W/Op AG
- Wright, W. B. Airgunner
958
W – William
- Coppen, C. S. Officer Commanding
- Farrant, R. H. Observer
- Bradfield, A. G. Airgunner
- Balfour Airgunner
909
X – X-ray
- Heslop, D. G. Pilot
- Arnold, A. L. Observer
- Bernitz, S. W/Op AG
- Clack, P. E. Airgunner