12 Baltimores led by Major CORMACK attacked gun positions Nos.19 & 19A on PANTELLERIA Island in two boxes of six, practically in line astern. Two gun positions received direct hits, and the target area was well straddled. A.A. moderate but inaccurate.
Two minutes before rendezvous with fighter escort a message was received from Blackmail “Bandits in rendezvous area”. A.A. observed from RAS MOSTIFA, picked up fighter escort 5 minutes later. No enemy fighters encountered.