Operational Record
- Target
- Dispersed MT at pp. 862296 and 863300.
- Duty
- Medium level bombing attack on dispersed MT in pp. 862296 and 863300.
- Committed
- 6 Glenn Martin Baltimore
- Time of attack
- 1637 hrs.
- Airborne
- 1245 hrs
- Returned
- 1416 hrs
- From
- L.G. 98
- Map
- 1:250000 Egypt and Cyrenaica. Sheet 14. El Daba.
- Day / night
- Day
- Casualties
- Four A/C holed. Damage slight.
- Bombing
- Medium level bombing attack. from 9000 ft. 36 x 250 G.P. 43 Det. with rods. (Baltimores).
- Air defences
- Intense, heavy and accurate. Two batteries at 863306. Ack/Ack started on beach on way to target and followed to target and over pipe-line. One Ack/Ack post fired at formation as it flew over pp. 882285. No E/A were encountered.
- Results
- 200 plus MT seen in Target area.
All bombs in target area. Two direct hits seen on MT. One explosion on target (not caused by bombing as far as could be ascertained).
9,000ft.
Aircraft and crews
AG 873
N – Nab
- Pocock, A. A. Pilot
- Cliff Observer
- Beaumont-Thomas, R. M. W/Op AG
- Clark, L. G. Airgunner
920
O – Oboe
- Cormack, C. Pilot
- Webber, E. G. Observer
- Finberg, P. W/Op AG
- McGee, D. P. Airgunner
121
R – Roger
- Rich, A. P. Pilot
- Moore, T. G. Observer
- Roberts, F. W. W/Op AG
- Lovell-Wright Airgunner
958
W – William
- Jandrell, A. C. Officer Commanding
- Wheeler, H. C. Observer
- Morley, D. H. Airgunner
- Felton, L. J. Airgunner
909
X – X-ray
- Smith, C. A. Pilot
- Christie, J. W. Observer
- Viljoen, W. L. Airgunner
- Moore, J. Airgunner
863
Z – Zebra
- Weir, L. C. Pilot
- Magid Observer
- Stopforth, K. J. Airgunner
- Carbarns, A. Airgunner