21 Squadron War Diary
Tortorella, Italy
Late in the morning a formation of our aircraft took off to bomb the factory area of LORETA. The target was well hit, the majority of the bombs fell in the factory area, and a few in the N.W. portion of the town. A large volume of black smoke was observed over the whole factory area and a fire was noted near the Tank Repair Shop. Slight to moderate, fairly accurate, Heavy Ack Ack was encountered.Sortie Report No. 514Capt. J.H. Visser (Pilot), Lieut. O.C. Elliott (Observer), and Lieut. C.H. v.d. Westhuizen (Gunner) reported for duty.