Swordfish operations and the loss of Paramythia

Swordfish sorties from Paramythia sank four significant merchant vessels and persuaded the Axis powers to stop using the targeted port. The result contrasts with the losses suffered by Wellingtons in daylight raids: only one bomber remained, and no surviving pilot was available to fly it. The forward base then became unusable after a Yugoslav aircraft carrying King Peter into exile landed there while being shadowed by German aircraft. Its arrival exposed a location whose security depended on secrecy and difficult mountain terrain. The exposed airfield forced operations to end despite the Swordfish attacks' success against shipping.