A force of 18 Avengers of 846 and 852 Sqdn "Trumpeter", together with an escort of fourteen Seafires from "Furious", took off for a mine laying operation at Åram this morning. The force was lead by Lt.Cmdr. Bobby Head of 846 Squadron.

They discovered half a dozen ships in the sound and were met by heavy ground fire from both the ships and the fortress a Åram.

Four of the Seafires received hits, but only Glennies A/C went down. The mines were sucessfully dropped in the sound.

The Germans lost 32 men and 46 wounded. V5307 exploded and sank. V5309 and V5105 were heavily damaged.

Source: Flyalarm