21 Squadron War Diary
0937 hrs Biferno, Italy
OORLOGSDAGBOEK.—WAR DIARY.OF—VAN21 SQUADRON, SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE.Van/From 2nd March, 1944.Aan/To 3rd March, 1944.BIFERNO.2nd Cont.Lieut. Lecocq, a Belgian pilot, reported for duty.3rdInformation was received that Lieut. Longmore's crew was safe, also F/Sgt. Robertse, the W.T./A.G. of the aircraft piloted by Lieut. Richards. The other three members of its crew - Lieut. Richards, Lieut. Cockburn and A/Sgt. McCrindle are still missing. Lieut. Kendal baled out over bridgehead and is safe in our lines.Twelve of our aircraft took off at 09.37 hours to bomb Gun areas centre p.p. F905378. They set course with an escort of 6 Spitfires for the mouth of the Volturno River and along the coast to Anzio and target. 10/10 cloud was encountered most of the way, with 5 to 6/10 cloud in target area. Visibility otherwise good. They bombed in two boxes, the second box slightly to the right of the first box. One explosion (no fire) and one