Air Attack Catania 16 Jan 41

[Chris Goss]

A number of German aircraft were damaged in an air attack on Catania (15-16 or 16-17 Jan 41 I am not sure). Any ideas who might have carried out the attack?

[Leendert]

Not sure if you mean this one, but on 12 Jan 1941 there was a nighttime raid by 148 Squadron Wellingtons operating from Luqa.

See http://ww2today.com/12th-january-194...talian-targets

Regards,

Leendert

[Chris Goss]

Thanks it sounds right but the photo I have was of a Ju 88 damaged on 16 Jan 41

[udf_00]

In
Christopher Shores and Brian Cull with Nicola Malizia
Malta : The Hurricane Years, 1940-41,
there is no entry for the 14/1/41 & 15/1/41, nothing about Catania in the 16/1/41 entry,
but in the 12/1/41 entry (P 118-119) which recount the events mentioned by Leendert, there is the following sentence : "Three nights later nine Wellingtons repeated the attack, all returning safely in this occasion."

[Chris Goss]

Thanks this seems to match. Photos I have show an airfield packed with bombers & a number of them damaged.