21 Squadron War Diary
1444 hrs Tortorella, Italy
21 SQUADRON SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE.29th November 1943 29th November 1943TORTORELLA29th Cont.The target for the second raid was road and rail-ways east of Castel Frentano. The first box slightly under-shot while the second box hit the eastern portion of thetarget. Heavy Ack Ack was encountered at Lanciano onthe return to base, three aircraft being holed, one ofwhich was so badly damaged that it forced landed on thelanding ground. The pilot, Lieut. Wood made an excellentlanding in the circumstances, and though wounded, immed-iately staggered out of the plane and attempted to removehis crew; the Observer and a Gunner were found to be dead,the second Gunner seriously wounded, who died the same night.Sortie Report No. 465.Appendix "DD"Six aircraft took off at 14.44 hours to bomb positionsin the area H 268985. A dummy run was made as the target