Operation Outflank

Operation Outflank was the first combat operation of the British Pacific Fleet (BPF). It was a series of raids by the Fleet Air Arm on the oil refineries and storage facilities of the Empire of Japan on the island of Sumatra:

• Operation ROBSON (20 December 1944)
• Operation LENTIL (4 January 1945)
• Operation MERIDIAN I (24 January 1945)
• Operation MERIDIAN II (29 January 1945)

Units participating in Outflank received the "Palembang 1945" battle honour, after the main target of the attacks: the refineries at Palembang.