The Medium Bombers are running a half-hour shuttle service in support of the army today and the Squadron did a total of 49 sorties:
First Raid: Oprep No. 101, Sortie Report and Crew List
Second: Oprep No. 102, Sortie Report and Crew List
Third: Oprep No. 103, Sortie Report and Crew List
Fourth: Oprep No. 104, Sortie Report and Crew List
Fifth: Oprep No. 105, Sortie Report and Crew List
Sixth: Oprep No. 106, Sortie Report and Crew List
On the Third Raid an Observer, No. 102198 Lieut. J. W. JOHNSON was wounded. The rest of the crew were uninjured but the aircraft, Baltimore 870, had to forced land at L.G. 172 owing to shrapnel damage to an engine. On the fifth raid, eleven out of the twelve Baltimores of the Squadron were holed by ack-ack. Of these one suffered category two damage.
Colonel J.H.MARTIN,O.C. No. 3 S.A. Wing, congratulated the Squadron on the day's effort and some very effective bombing. Excluding the aircraft which forced landed at L.G. 172,our aircraft averaged ten holes each from ack-ack on the day’s raids. We have the most serviceable aircraft (17) in the Wing tonight.
2330
We are reminded that the Luftwaffe is still operating: a lone Ju. 88 paid the vicinity a visit and, having put down a flare South-East of the Landing Ground, dropped a couple of 100 kilos and some anti-personnel bombs at 12 Squadron where a tent in the Cape Corps lines and some of the occupants suffered direct hits.