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STRONG POSITIONS AND TANKS AT TZ 5912

Sortie Report (Form 541)

List of Aircraft and Aircrews attached to Sortie Report No. 237 dated the 24th March, 1943. - 21 Squadron, S.A.A.F. ---------------------------------------------------------------
* 940 V Lt.Col. C.D. Coppen, Capt. R.R. Farrant, F/Sgt. Bradfield A. and F/Sgt. Lyne J.L. * 977 B Lt. J. Meredith, Lt. J.H. Pickerill, F/Sgt. Zaaiman M. and F/Sgt. Carbarne A. * 900 F Lt. P.E. Hamilton, Lt. S.B. Whittle, F/Sgt. Rogers F.D. and F/Sgt. Phelan D. * 903 O Lt. A.B. Murray, Lt. B.L. Forssman, F/Sgt. Bernitz S. and F/Sgt. Clark P.E. Hockburn * 176 YY Lt. N.S. Clutterbuck, Lt. R.M. Campbell, F/Sgt. Gibson S.L. and F/Sgt. Fraser D. * 126 U Lt. G.W. Eaton, Lt. L.G. Floor, F/Sgt. Gildon S.L. and F/Sgt. Le Roux H. * 877 J Lt. E.F. Gardener, Lt. A. Kerr, F/Sgt. Pearce J. and F/Sgt. Green C.H.G. * 862 D Lt. B. Blieden, Lt. A. Rose, F/Sgt. Smith L.W. and F/Sgt. Mendelsohn S.A. * 942 G Lt. J.F. Carlisle, Lt. S. Webber, F/Sgt. Schumann M. and F/Sgt. Waldek V.D. * 904 BB Capt. A.G.M. Budd, Sgt. Smallman S.C. (R.A.F.) F/O Cornelius W.G. and F/Sgt. Woods C.R. * 956 C Lt. A.G. T. Oakes, Lt. W. Sachs, Sgt. Cleland (R.C.A.F.) and F/Sgt. Morrison (R.C.A.F.) * 179 A. Lt. S.J. Guard, Lt. B.L. Forssman, F/Sgt. Forrest J.E. and F/Sgt. Steven R.J.H. * 916 SS Lt. J.W. Smith, Lt. A.L. Arnold, F/Sgt. Moore J. and F/Sgt. Viljoen W.L. * 104 S Lt. J.D. Orr, Lt. S.F.T. Lombard, F/Sgt. Toms R.S. and F/Sgt. Wright G.D. * 151 A Lt. A.A. Pocock, Sgt. Edwards R.H. (R.A.F.) F/Sgt. Beaumont-Thomas S.N. and F/Sgt. Clark L.G. * 142 P Lt. G.A. Liddiard, Lt. J. Pickerill, F/Sgt. Zaaiman M. and Carbarne A. * 850 X Lt. B. Duemer, Lt. E.F. Henning, F/Sgt. van Coller J.J. and F/Sgt. Hoff H. * 957 W Lt. R.A. Hargrave, Lt. P.G. Rees, Sgt. Macqueen (R.C.A.F.) and F/Sgt. Bedford J.G.E.

Transcriber's Notes

21 Squadron, S.A.A.F
No. 21 Squadron of the South African Air Force, operating the Martin Baltimore Mark III light bomber during the Tunisia Campaign.

Sortie Report No. 237: The formal administrative record for an 18-aircraft formation strike against Axis tactical targets.