STARTED Thu, 23 Aug 1979 ENDED Thu, 23 Aug 1979 LASTED 1 DAY
Units that participated in Operation Motel I

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Operation Motel I

Rhodesian military operation in Zambia with clandestine assistance from the South African Air Force ( SAAF) during the Rhodesian Bush War. The Rhodesian Air Force planned raids against a ZIPRA camp in Northern Zambia.

The operation consisted of two raids on a ZIPRA camp on 23 August 1979. The Rhodesian and South African Canberra bombers and Hawker Hunter strike aircraft took off at 09h40 for Operation Motel I with the aircraft forming over Victoria Falls before conducting a low-level bombing attack on a camp 32 km south of Solwezi in Northern Zambia.

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