Sortie Report (Form 541)
BA: MANOPPELLO RR STATION & Yds G051113BB: 1442/1445 A HrsBC: Medium level bombing attack 360°/010° 10100/10400'24 x 500 MC 49 Det 27 Pistol36 x 250 GP do doBD: Boxes bombed independently on their respective Leader, almost lineastern. Bombs from G051112 to G0521184 direct hits on Railway trackOne direct hit cross-roads G052116Good concentration of bombs on Rd and nearby buildingsBE: NILBF: NILBG: Verticals and Obliques of bomb burstsBH: 15/20 bursts H/A/A target area directed at 223 Sqdn5 Railway trucks stationary in S. VALENTINO4 " " " " C00205810/12 M.T. stationary facing NORTH on Rd GUARDIAGRELE - MANOPPELLO5 M.T. stationary CATIGNANOScattered M.T. on Rd facing NORTH C037135Some M.T. moving SOUTH C0501502 M.T. moving SOUTH B9905AIRCRAFT AND CREW LIST.643M MAJOR ORD LT HODGES F/SGT BOUCHER CAPT BAIZ441F LT FROST LT WHITE F/SGT CARTER A/SGT ALLAN576O LT MURMAN LT WILLIAMS F/SGT ODENDAAL A/SGT STEWART645J CAPT V.D RIET LT RIVE F/SGT SAVAGE A/SGT SCOTT412B LT HEWITT LT HORWITZ F/SGT KIDNEY A/SGT ECKEN637C LT ASHTON LT ROSE F/SGT HARMSE A/SGT BROUGH612T MAJOR DALLING DFC. LT McARAVEY F/SGT FORRESTER A/SGT BUCHLER467D LT HILL LT PEITERS F/SGT V.D. WESTHUIZEN A/SGT JENKINS437N LT BENNETT LT HARLE 2/LT STRYDOM F/O GILDON649U CAPT DE WET LT MELTZ 2/LT DU PREEZ A/SGT PEENS167S LT ASKEW LT LAMBERT F/SGT GELDENHUYS A/SGT CRAWHALL414P CAPT DIEU LT VANDE PUTTE F/SGT BAILEY F/SGT DU RANTPLYLBLVL
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