21 Squadron War Diary
1150 hrs Biferno, Italy
OORLOGSDAGBOEK.—WAR DIARY.OF—VAN21 SQUADRON, SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE.Van/From 17th March, 1944.Aan/To 18th March, 1944.BIFERNO.17th Cont.paid the Squadron an official visit.18thThe target this morning was an Ammo dump at the eastern edge of Rome. The leading aircraft opened bomb doors too late resulting in an overshoot and to the right of target. The No 2 box also overshot. Hits among buildings otherwise no results observed. Slight Heavy Ack Ack from S.W. of target area. All aircraft landed back at 11.50 hours. Sortie Report No. 594. Appendix "U"On the second raid of the day twelve Baltimores took off to bomb a M.T. Patrol Dump on the outskirts of Rome. After two dummy runs while searching for a gap through 9/10 cloud the formation attacked in two boxes from 14,000 feet. Results generally not observed due to cloud. No enemy opposition was encountered. All aircraft landed back at base by 16.30 hours. Sortie Report No. 595. Appendix "V"Lieut. Fergusson went to Foggia to take a summary of