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Operation Lentil (Sumatra)

Grumman Avenger torpedo bombers from HMS Indefatigable forming up for a raid on a Japanese oil refinery at Pangkalan Brandan during Lentil.

Operation Lentil (Sumatra) was an air raid by British carrier-based aircraft on oil installations at Pangkalan Brandan, an important centre for Indonesian oil production on Sumatra on 4 January 1945. It was part of the larger Operation Outflank, and its aim was to disrupt fuel supplies to Japanese forces in the Pacific.


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Opération Lentil (Sumatra) French Operasi Lentil (Sumatra) ID レンティル作戦 Japanese 小扁豆行動 (蘇門答臘) Chinese

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