Italian Air Attacks In Tripolitania July-September 1940 Date 7/22/40 8/4/40 8/7/40 8/8/40 8/13/40 8/13/40 8/22/40 8/23/40

8/24/40 8/24/40 8/24/40 8/25/40 8/28/40 8/29/40 8/30/40 8/30/40 9/5/40 9/5/40 9/5/40 9/6/40 9/7/40 9/8/40 9/9/40 9/9/40 9/9/40 9/10/40 9/10/40 9/11/40 9/11/40 9/12/40 9/13/40 9/13/40 9/13/40 9/14/40 9/14/40 Aircraft 1 S.79 6 S.79 ? S.79 4 S.81 4 S.81 ? S.79 4 S. 81 2 S. 81 2. S.81 56 Gruppo S.81 40 S.79 1 S.79 1 ? ? ? ? ? 15 9 20 6 8 S.79 Target & Bombs Marsa Matruk Marsa Matruk & Sidi Barrani airfield Offensive Reconnaissance Kraigat-Scalo Railroad Marsa Matruk & Sidi Barrani zone 6 100kg & 62 50kg bombs Sidi Barrani Ships in Sidi Barrani& Marsa Matruk 6 100kg & 62 50 kg bombs Sidi Barrani airfield 160 2kg & 40 20kg bombs Sidi Barrani airfield Sceferzen-Sidi Barrani zone 6 100kg bombs Sidi Barani & Marsa Matruk 160 15kg & 40 20kg incendiary Port Bardia Ships & airfield at Sidi Barrani 80 15kg, 20 20kg Suez Canal & fueldumps Marsa Matruk Magazines & railroad station 480 50kg Fuka Qasaba Railroad 8 50kg bombs Dar el Hambra 12 50kg bombs Suez fuel dumps Warehouses & ships Marsa Matruk Sollum Marsa matruk Railstation Marsa matruk Railstation & barracks Marsa matruk Railstation 180 50 kg Marsa matruk Railstation 144 140 kg & 68 20 kg Sceferzen 6 50kg & 475 2kg Giaffa Port 2 150kg, 1 100kg & 62 50kg bombs Marsa Matruk, Bub Bug, Sidi Barrani & Dal el Hamre 180 boms & 32 20kg incendiary Airfields Tshidita & Bir Algaia 120 15kg & 30 20kg bombs Sidi Barrani-Sollum Region 136 50 kg bombs Schikisa-Sidi Barrani 68 50kg Marsa Matruk Barracks & Station Marsa Matruk, 160 15kg, 40 20kg, 504 4kg bombs Sollum 40-100kg & 282 50kg bombs Fortress and near Sidi Barrani 24 100 kg bombs El DAba Dar el Grug & Bir Harra

S.79 S.79 S.79 S.79 Ba 65 Cz 1007 S. 79

3 S. 81 4 S. 79 2 S.79 6 S.79 6 S.81 26 S. 79 2 S. 79 ? ?

Date 9/15/40 9/16/40 9/18/40 9/20/40 9/20/40 9/21/40 9/21/40 9/22/40 9/22/40 9/23/40 9/25/40

Aircraft 55 S.79 ? 4 S.79 4 S.81 47 S.79 3 S.81 3S.9 3 S.79 4 S.81 ? S.79 & 81 1 S.81 3 S.79

Target & Bombs Sidi Barrani 345-100kg & 176 50kg bombs Forces nea rSidi Barrani-Marsa Matruk 6 100kg, 12 50kg & 27 special 2kg bombs Marsa Matruk Marsa Matruk Railroad Station 24-100kg, 12-50kg, 160-15kg & 40 incendiary Marsa Matruk Railroad Station 63-100kg, 374-50kg & 40 incendiary Maaten Bacush airfield El Daba Station, barracks & airfield 16-100kg, 26-50kg & 20 incendiary El Qasala Airfield & Station 36-50kg, 160-15kg & 40 incendiary Marsa Matruk 6-50kg, 12-15kg & 15 special Marsa Matruk El Daba Airfield

National Archives Microcopy No. T-821, Roll 162, American Historical Association Committee for the Study of War Documents, Washington, DC., 1960 Copyright GFN 1995.