Saturday, 13 March 1943

21 Squadron War Diary

Zuara
The C.O. went to a conference with the A.O.C. WD. this morning accompanied by the other C.O.'s of the Wing. He returned in a hurry to get the Squadron off on our first show from this L.G.We sent 18 Aircraft to bomb a spot South of MARETH. The show quite a success. Oprep 224. Sortie Report. Crew List. Seven aircraft were holed. Some of them had quite a few. The C.O.’s looked like a sieve. Captain CORMACK had a hole through his air oil cooler and had to come back on one engine. He made a very good landing. The only casualty of the show was Lt. v. d. MEULEN, who had an A/A splinter in his toe. He will be in the Sqn. sick bay for about three days.‍

Transcriber's Notes

C.O
Commanding Officer.
A.O.C
Air Officer Commanding.
L.G
Landing Ground.
L.T
Local Time.
A/A
Anti-Aircraft.

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