Saturday, 24 February 1945 — War Diary

21 Squadron War Diary

1300 hrs Iesi, Italy

The National Archives' reference AIR 27/271/2 994

21 SQUADRON S.A.A.F. RAID ON PORDENONE RAIL BRIDGE 24th FEBRUARY 1945T/OFF:- 1300 Hrs. OPERATION No. 154/21S/M. 95 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

429 A : Lt. Col Ord Wells Hatswell Smit Forster Wilding✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓474 D : Lt. Stuart Ramsay Owen Hughes Fraser Arthur Howden✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓477 W : Lt. Granger Richardson Bailey Adams Kruger Wood✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓515 P : Lt. Anderson P/O Stuart Webber Steynn McHugh Dodson ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

561 B : Musgrove Capt. Goble Jordaan Rabie Jones(Capt.) Cook.✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓611 L : Lt. Muir Dale Lister Foster Jones E Rourke✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓619 G : Lt. Hussey Quaife Wells Boast Watkinson Kennedy✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓635 K : Lt. Napier McDonald T Benade Jordaan Stubbs Moir ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

577 U : Lt. Cloete Blackford Winn Paxtonn Venter Greijbe.✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓498 N : Lt. Francis Watermeyer Smit Andrews Laird Rennie.✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓566 S : Lt. Collender Gillam Deane Benson Banfield Suter.TIMES:- FOR ALL 2.35 HRS.REMARKS:-

Transcriber's Notes

S.A.A.F: South African Air Force.
T/OFF: Take Off.
L.T: Local Time.
Lt. Col: Lieutenant Colonel.
Col: Colonel.
P/O: Pilot Officer.
Capt: Captain.
HRS: Hours.

Rank/Name Clarifications:

In aircraft 561 B, the officer "Musgrove" is identified with the handwritten title "Capt.", and the member "Jones" is similarly identified as "(Capt.)".

Handwritten corrections exist for specific crew names, such as "Hatwell" (corrected to Hatswell in aircraft 429 A) and "Steynn" (aircraft 515 P).