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Re: Aerial Torpedo Attack on Ajaccio Harbour.
Another reference to this attack in my notes from TNA AIR23/6790 (MAAF Air Intelligence Weekly Summaries Nos. 33-58, July-Dec. 1943): According to a PoW, 10 Do 217 of II./KG 100 went in with Hs 293s at 17.00 hrs.
North West African Air Force ORB (AIR24/975) entry for 1 October 1943, says three Do 217 attacked Ajaccio harbour from 9000 ft and all three were claimed destroyed. An LST was hit and on fire, there was a near miss on a French destroyer.
At 1545, two Spitfires of GC 1/3 had shot down a recon Ju 88 off the west cast of Corsica and 10 Do 217 were plotted heading for Ajaccio. Four Spitfires of GC 1/3 and two of GC 2/7 intercepted them 12 miles out. They claimed three, breaking up the formation so that only three bombs were dropped.
(I can't currently find the reference for the quote I posted earlier — it was before TNA allowed cameras, and I've got too much paper to look through).
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