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Operation Light
Operation Light was a British naval operation in World War II under the command of Rear Admiral Clement Moody.〔Jürgen Rohwer, ''Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War II'', page 359, 2005.〕 The objective was to carry out aerial strikes on Japanese positions in Sigli, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, and aerial reconnaissance over the Nicobar Islands, from September 16–23, 1944.〔〔John Winton, ''The Forgotten Fleet'', page 53, 1969.〕 The operation was scheduled to coincide with the Allied landing at Morotai, designated Operation Tradewind, as well as the U.S. 1st Marine Division's landing at Peleliu.〔
==Operational detail==
The operation was carried out by aircraft carriers and , carrying Vought F4U Corsairs, and escorted by battleship ,〔M. J. Whitley, ''Battleships of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia'', page 149, 1999.〕 cruisers , destroyers , , , , , , .〔
The raid saw a number of problems. First, due to technical inefficiencies of the aircraft carriers, the ''Victorious'' was only able to launch 22 aircraft, and the ''Indomitable'' took "forty minutes and two separate deckloads to dispatch just eighteen aircraft."〔H. P. Willmott - 1996, ''Grave of a Dozen Schemes: British Naval Planning and the War Against Japan, 1943-1945'', p. 136, 1996.〕 Secondly, "the Fleet Air Arm crews suffered from a lack of target intelligence, a consequence of the lack of very long range (V.L.R.) reconnaissance aircraft based in India and Ceylon."〔Robert Jackson, ''The Royal Navy in World War II'', p. 120, 1997.〕 One report of the raid states that "After the attack, the fighters roamed the area looking for the most impressive buildings in the area. These would then be machine gunned in the hope that the Japanese overlords were in residence."〔Andrew Thomas, ''Royal Navy Aces of World War 2'', 2013.〕
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