. . "30pxItalian" . "La Spezia naval base: damage" . . . "30pxLuftwaffe" . "4Avro LancasterPathfinders(No. 8 Group RAF)" . "30pxRAF Bomber Command" . "Regia Aeronautica" . "Operation Bellicose"@en . . . "56Avro Lancaster(No. 5 Group RAF)" . "1943-06-24Z"^^ . . . "Zeppelin Works: some factories hit" . "Operation Bellicose strategic bombing in World War II targeted the Nazi Germany Zeppelin Works in Friedrichshafen and the Italian naval base at La Spezia. It was the first shuttle bombing raid in World War II and the second use of a Master Bomber. In early June 1943, a Central Interpretation Unit photo interpreter (Claude Wavell) identified a stack of ribbed baskets (W\u00FCrzburg radar reflectors) at the Zeppelin Works. After Winston Churchill viewed the photos at RAF Medmenham on 14 June, No."@en .