Sortie Report (Form 541)
BA: Troop Concentration Area N.9715, 9909, 0.0310, N.9917.BB: 1646 Hrs LT.BC: Medium Level. Height 11500 feet, Course 335º72 x 250 G.P. 43 Dets. 27 Pistols (Rods)BD: Formation attacked in two boxes of six on leader. Target was identified and hit, all bombs falling in a good pattern in the between the following pin-points:- 0.005102, 0.022107, N.998150 and N.985140.Bombs burst among farm buildings and camouflaged M.T. NO results observed.BE: NIL.BF: NIL.BG: Obliques and Verticals of bomb bursts; 11500 feet. Course 335º I.A.S. 210 m.p.h.BH: Two bomb bursts gun flashes seen from N.960105. Some M.T. movement on ROCCADASPIDE — CONTRONE RD.(Leaders bombs hung up temporarily over target, but the pre-arranged plan, to fire a Green verey light in such an emergency saved the situation.)AIRCRAFT AND CREW LIST.226H CAPT ORD LT HODGES F/S WALKER F/S DEVENISH271F LT LONGMORE LT KENDALL F/S THEUNISSEN SGT MACKAY195G LT MURMAN LTROBE.J.F.M. F/S ODENDAAL SGT STEWART290C LT BLIEDEN LT ROSE.A. F/S JARVIS F/S PERKINS206J LT WOOD LT NEL F/S JAMES SGT ROBERTSON179A LT ASKEW LT LAMBERT F/S GELDENHUYS SGT CRAWHALL240D LT DUGMORE LT MASTERS F/S MAASDORP F/S ROGERS387R LT RICHARDS LT DECONNICK F/S ROBERTSE SGT McGRINDLE167P CAPT DIEU P/O EDMEADES F/S OSWALD 2/LT SHAW291U LT HARGRAVE LT REES SGT JENSEN F/S VALENTINE181T LT BENNETT LT HARLE F/S STRYDOM P/O GILDEN SGT JENKINSON383W LT GREDER LT McARAVY F/S GREYLING 2/LT GROENEWALD
Transcriber's Notes
- Hrs LT
- Hours Local Time.
- G.P
- General Purpose (bombs).
- Dets
- Detonators.
- M.T
- Mechanical Transport (motorized military vehicles).
- I.A.S
- Indicated Air Speed.
- RD
- Road.
Abbreviations and Technical Terms Expanded
m.p.h.: miles per hour.