Saturday, 3 July 1943

21 Squadron War Diary

Ben Hagen
War Diary 16List of Aircraft and Crew List attached to Sortie Report No. 32421 Squadron, S.A.A.F. dated the 3rd July, 1943.---------------------------------------------------------176 YY Maj. Jandrell, Lt. J.W. Christie, F/Sgt. Pearce, F/Sgt. le Roux R.221 Y Lt. Clutterbuck, Lt. v. d. Meulen, F/Sgt. Raeburn E. F/Sgt. Carbarns A.167 S Capt. Smit, Lt. G. S. Kay, F/Sgt. Toms R. N., F/Sgt. Wright D. C.142 P Maj. Schravesande, Lt. D. B. Campbell, F/Sgt. Meyer V. F/Sgt. Stopforth.291 U Lt. Hargrave, Lt. F. Rees, Sgt. Jensem R., F/Sgt. Bedford J. G. E.957 W Lt. Wood, Lt. Lt. Gould, F/Sgts. Purdon and Groenewald345 E Capt. McBride, Lt. Pickerill, F/Sgts. Daniels and White.271 F Lt. Guard, Lt. Forssman, F/Sgts. Green and de Villiers179 A Lt. A'Bear, Lt. Owen-Hughes, F/Sgts. Harrison and Pickup977 L Lt. Meredith, Lt. Herring, F/Sgts. Smith and Prout352 D Lt. Dugmore, Lt. Masters, F/Sgts. Maasdorp and Rogers877 J Lt. Oakes, Lt. Sachs, Sgt. Cleland and Morrison.F/L Formation LeaderB/L Box LeaderV/L Vic Leader.

Transcriber's Notes

S.A.A.F
South African Air Force.
Maj
Major.
L.T
Lieutenant.
F/Sgt
Flight Sergeant.
Sgt
Sergeant.
Capt
Captain.
Capt. Smit
Suffered engine failure after bombing and diverted to Pachino (southeast Sicily).
F/Sgts
Flight Sergeants.

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Observations about Individuals Mentioned:

Lieutenants Pickerill, Herring, and Sachs: Listed here in the crews of 345 E, 977 L, and 877 J respectively. These three officers were the only survivors recovered from the four shot-down aircraft, eventually being liberated by American forces on July 23, 1943.

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