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Operation Balsam : ウィキペディア英語版 | Operation Balsam
Operation Balsam was a British naval operation in World War II, from June 10–20, 1945,〔Jürgen Rohwer, ''Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War II'', page 423, 2005.〕 under the command of Commodore Geoffrey Oliver. The third in a string of similar missions, the objectives were the naval bombardment and aerial strikes on Japanese airfields in Sumatra, and Japanese vessels in the Strait of Malacca,〔 and aerial reconnaissance.〔Edwyn Gray, ''Operation Pacific: The Royal Navy's War Against Japan, 1941-1945'', page 238, 1990.〕 ==Operational detail== Naval forces involved sailed from Trincomalee on June 14, 1945.〔(Admiralty War Diaries of World War 2: Eastern Fleet - January to October 1945 ).〕 Ships involved included the escort carriers , , ;〔 cruisers and ;〔 and five destroyers, , , , , and .〔 The carriers transported Grumman F6F Hellcats of the 804 Squadron and 808 Squadron, and Supermarine Seafires of the 809 Squadron.〔John Winton, ''The Forgotten Fleet: The British Navy in the Pacific, 1944-1945'', page 215, 1970.〕 Flights were restricted to photo-reconnaissance over southern Malaya for the first few days of the active operation, on June 18 and 19.〔〔 One account describes how the fighter pilots "were growing restless on a diet of undiluted CAPS, but Commodore Oliver reassured them they would have an opportunity to 'leave their cards'".〔 On June 20, the fighters engaged in their first offensive sorties against the airfields at Lhokseumawe, Medan and Bindjai. The results were reported as follows:
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