Thursday, 8 April 1943 — War Diary

21 Squadron War Diary

Senem

21 Squadron S.A.A.F. Middle East Command23CASUALTY RETURN Date.. 8th April 1943 ..******************* "N"S.A.A.F. PERSONNEL On Strength. Casualties Total on Duty

Officers. 73 1 72W.O's 4 1 3Sgts. 64 1 63F/Sgts. 38 ** 38Cpls & L/Cpls. 65 1 64A.M.'s 5 ** 5Air/Mechs 148 7 141TOTALS. 397 11 386ATTACHED PERSONNEL. i. S.A. On Strength Casualties Total on Duty

Officers. 2 ** 2W.O.s. 4 ** 4F/Sgts. 5 ** 5Air/Mechs 11 ** 11 ii. R.A.F. : R.A.A.F. ETC.

On Strength Casualties Total on Duty

Officers. 1 ** 1Sgts. 13 ** 13Air/Mechs 3 ** 3TOTALS 17 ** 17ATTACHED CAPE CORPS On Strength Casualties Total on Duty

Officers 9 ** 9Cpls & L/Cpls 32 1 31Privates 111 3 108TOTALS 152 4 148 M E S S I N G S T R E N G H T

Officers' Mess. Sergeants' Mess. Mechanics' Mess. N.E.A.S.Mess.Strength........ Strength........ Strength........ Strength........Att.S.A......... Att.S.A......... Att.S.A.........Ors............. Ors............. Ors.............Officers. 75 Sgts. 121 Air/Mechs. 218 N.E.A.S. 148TOTAL: 577. Casualties 15. 562HOSPITAL:113377 Lieut. v.d. Meulen R.W. 24 M.R.S. 2/4/43187887 F/Sgt Forrest J.B. 15 C.C.S. 1/4/43312611 A/M Boonzaaier F/W. 25 M.R.S. 6/4/4358309 " Olds P.W. do 6/4/43301317 Pte: Vertuin S. 8 C.C.S. 15/3/43301051 " Jartjies P.S. do 16/3/43287217 Cpl Slamet R. do 26/3/43DETACHED:95742 W.O.11 Mitchell M.H. Castel Benito 15/1/43100785 A/M Micklewright J.B. do "208141 " Armstrong D.C. do "98302 " Wooldridge D.H. do "578616 " Watkins R.J. do 4/4/4398838 A/Cpl Klein H. do "C288120 Pte Friar H. do 14/3/43LEAVE:181557 A/M Smith D.H. Leave - Cairo (28 Days) 28/3/43

Transcriber's Notes

S.A.A.F: South African Air Force.
W.O: Warrant Officer.
F/Sgts: Flight Sergeants.
S.A: South African.
R.A.F: Royal Air Force.
R.A.A.F: Royal Australian Air Force.
ETC: Et cetera (and so forth).
N.E.A.S: Non-European Army Services, referring to the messing and administrative organization for the Cape Corps and other non-white personnel.

Cpls & L/Cpls.: Corporals and Lance Corporals.

ATTACHED PERSONNEL i. S.A.: South African personnel attached to the unit from other services or headquarters echelons.

ii. R.A.F. : R.A.A.F. ETC.: Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force personnel attached to the S.A.A.F. unit, reflecting the Commonwealth integration of the Desert Air Force (D.A.F.).

M E S S I N G S T R E N G H T: The total number of personnel assigned to the unit for daily rations and meals.