Bombing Report (Form 541)
- Target
- BARDIA DUMPS NORTH WEST OF TOWN
- Place
- BARDIA
- Date
- 24 9 41
- Time over target
- 1300 hrs
- Height
- 18000 ft
- Bombs dropped
- 1 STICK 8 X 250 G.Ps.
- Observed effects
- NOT OBSERVED
- Details of photographs taken
- NONE
- Casualties to own aircraft and personnel
- NIL
- Casualties to enemy aircraft and personnel
- NIL
- Enemy A.A. ground defences encountered (a) location of defences (b) type (c) strength
- NOT OBSERVED
- Hostile patrols encountered (a) position (b) type and number of aircraft (c) if engagement resulted
- 1 UNIDENTIFIED PLANE SEEN 12 MILES SOUTH OF TARGET NOT ENGAGED.
- Special comments
- NIL
SECRET "#P#" BOMBING REPORT 8 10REFERENCE Pilot : LT. REID Observer : 2/LT. BEDDY 21 SQUADRONBR Details of Target : A/SGTS. PAPENFUS AND CONN S. A. A. F.BARDIA DUMPS NORTH WEST OF TOWN Place : BARDIADate : 24 9 41Time : 1300 hrs.Weather : 4/10 CLOUD VISIBILITY GOOD Height : 18000 feet.(1) Bombs dropped : (2) Failures :1 STICK 8 X 250 G.Ps. NIL(3) Observed effects :NOT OBSERVED(4) Details of photographs taken :NONE(5) Casualties to own aircraft and personnel :NIL(6) Casualties to enemy aircraft and personnel :NIL(7) Enemy A.A. ground defences encountered (a) location of defences (b) type (c) strength :NOT OBSERVED(8) Hostile patrols encountered (a) position (b) type and number of aircraft (c) if engagement resulted :1 UNIDENTIFIED PLANE SEEN 12 MILES SOUTH OF TARGETNOT ENGAGED.(9) Special comments :NIL SIGNED D. BEDDY 2/Lt.NOTE — (1) For intelligence purposes RECONNAISSANCE REPORT (A. M. FORM 401) must always accompany a BOMBING REPORT.(2) COMBAT (BOMBER) REPORT also to be completed if engagement with enemy aircraft occurred during flight.
Transcriber's Notes
- BARDIA
- A strategic Mediterranean port and Axis-fortified garrison in eastern Libya, critical for supplying Rommel’s frontier forces.
- A.A
- Anti-Aircraft fire (Flak).
MC/GP (MEDIUM CAPACITY / GENERAL PURPOSE): The broader designation for Allied munitions, including the 8 x 250 G.Ps. load carried by Maryland "#P#".
Crew
Pilot LT. REID Observer
Observer 2/LT. BEDDY