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.
Ini adalah misi ketiga yang tujuannya serupa, yaitu pengeboman laut dan serangan udara terhadap lapangan terbang Jepang di Sumatera dan kapal-kapal Jepang di Selat Malaka, and aerial reconnaissance.