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21 SQUADRON S.A.A.F. OPERATIONAL REPORT NO. 18. COPY NO. 5.... (O.O. Nos: 261 Wing Operation order No. "A" and Squadron Operation order No. 18) DATE: 30. 10. 41. MAP REF: Target map B./2 and Benghazi 1:500000 DATE OF OPERATION. 30th. October 1941. NUMBER AND TYPE OF AIRCRAFT. 9 Marylands. KONTINUING THE KRONNIKELS OF TWENTY WUN. Further Translations of Historic Documents. --ooo-ooo-- And then it came to pass that the warriors of Twenty Wun did prepare themselves in the HELLUVA PLACE to drive forth from the air the vultures and other carrion that were the sat- ellites of Heatleer and Muscle Only. Like unto the age, strange and won- derful were the preparations the war- riors did make before giving battle. And at the setting of the sun, my children, did they perform strange rites of worship, foregathering in the brilliant lights of the temples Offhis Mess and Sah-jants Mess. And so that the enemy should not spy with in, they did close all the doors and windows of the Temple Offhis Mess but the worshippers in the Sah-jants Mess they did not care, yeah verily nottadamn. For their temple was in truth a very Tower of Light. And in the Offhis Mess there was one called Mack ben Donald (nay not the Duck, my children) who did strum lightly on his lyre and stir the sav- age feelings of his fellow men who did join with him in those strange in- cantations like unto the wailings of a sick Gyppo. Strange indeed were the words they chanted "Hi yi yippee yi" "Sari Ma Ry" "Sa Ka Bona" and the sack of the foot did they sing. There were many more but these are not in the power of the scribe to re- cord, for the man they do call Senac Or did hold up his blue pencil and cry "Not here you don't!" And while Mac ben Donald did strum his lyre, his fellow warriors did dispose of copious quantities of a brew concocted from hops gathered in the fields of Stralia, which was almost like unto the Brew of Lion and Cahl Stell of their own country. And this did cause them to sing with great vigour and rejoicing. And with the Sah-jants Mess it was likewise. And of the warriors of Twenty Wun there was one they did call the Ad- Your-Tent and he was known as Loft He ben O'Brien. And great indeed were his powers, yeah verily, so that only unto the Kernel Oh See. Unto him alone was given the power of Prom Ocean and he alone of all men could send the warriors forth from the Helluva Place to taste of the fleshpots of the cities. And in such vast numbers did the warriors of Twenty Wun seek the favours of the Ad-Your-Tent that they might seek the delights of Wah-Can't, Jak- (no) Array and Nite Klub, that Loft He did command his slaves to dig him a hole in the ground. And here, my people, yeah verily in the bowels of the earth, did Loft He seek re- fuge from the many solicitations of the warriors of Twenty Wun. And as guardian of his sanctuary did Loft He appoint one Jan He a Freed Man of Safric, while he as Ad-Your-Tent did conduct visitors to behold the wonders of Twenty Wun. There is much I would say of Jaap He but unto him is given the power of Sub Bing and he hath said enough Yeah, the Sub hath spoken. S P O R T I N G E V E N T S Die Base-Crickby Match by Japie. The other day dere's somarso nutting doing — maar absotilly nut- ting. So dey says its a holiday fo the squadron en everybody jus' run es out on the 'drome en grabs a bit of countryside en hulle begin speel Dere on the one side is the of- ficers in a big klomp all shouting and arguing mit one another so ek now knows that it was jus' a base- brawl match. En daar in die ander hoekie is foet of peoples lying around on de ground with a lort of sticks en over de place — so ek somarso weets dats a crickby match. En jus' when ek is getting interested in die spel, along cums van Harley with a rugby ball jus' to make things more complimixed. Then the trouble starts. Dere's Stan Murray all dressed up in a lot of marks on things en die O.C. al dressed up in nutting at all en everybody jumping around like a lo of bedovilled monkeys en everyone shouting like mad. En Mr. Duffus what's playing fo the Observers he gets the right direction with his stick en Lofty scores a six for the Clericals against the signals en everyone is excited because no one is lead- ing by a dropped goal to a try. En the O.C. he tries to slip fr om first base to second wicket — on he slips very hard. but Piet Lancaster is clean gobouled when he tries a snappy touchdown agains the pitching of Lamont. Norman whic makes die Officers all square a- gainst the pilots-observers, what don't deserve to have nutting at all because the Gas-Force Officer has beaten Aapie to ball for a touchkick at first base. En every tings so upgomix ek jus' goes home.