Operational Record
- Target
- Shipping or Harbour at Termini
- Duty
- Flare dropping and medium level bombing TERMINI Shipping or Harbour.
- Committed
- 1 Glenn Martin Baltimore
- Time of attack
- From 2307 to 2315 hrs LT.
- Airborne
- 1950 hrs
- Returned
- 2230 hrs
- From
- Soliman Ben Hagen
- Map
- SICILIA 1:500,000. Sheet No. NE 36/12
- Day / night
- Night
- Casualties
- Nil
- Bombing
- Medium level 11000', attacked NORTH-SOUTH. 3 x 250 GP 43 Det. 2 x 90 x 4 lb Incendiaries. 3 Flares Recce 4.5 No. 10.
- Air defences
- Very slight LAA. Flashes HAA SOUTH of town, also ± 6 S/Ls inaccurate and for short while only.
- Results
- Slight HAA seen CASTEL VETRANO area ± 2250 hrs.
Two aircraft took off at 2150 hrs to drop flares over, and bomb TERMINI shipping, or alternatively, TERMINI HARBOUR installations. Bombing took place 2304/2315 hrs on courses 275°/170° from 9/11000'. Earlier aircraft encountered considerable opposition from ± 20 S/Ls, was picked up twice and evaded, and fairly intense HAA accurate, aircraft being holed in various places - slight damage. Bombs dropped in Western portion of town and flares thereafter. Later aircraft little opposition, LAA, flashes HAA and 6 S/Ls seen for few moments SOUTH of town - nothing accurate. Passed over target 4 times dropping 2 flares on NORTH-SOUTH run SOUTH of docks and SE of town, one flare on SW-NE run over central dock area. Bombed on NORTH-SOUTH run along docks and observed results on further SOUTH-NORTH run. Black smoke seen from explosion after first bomb and varicoloured fires seen where incendiaries dropped in dock area. (It is considered first aircraft attacked PALERMO harbour in error.)