Operational Report (Form 541)
- Date
- 30. 10. 41
- Map reference
- Target map B./2 and Benghazi 1:500000
21 SQUADRON S.A.A.F. OPERATIONAL REPORT NO. 18. COPY NO. 5....(O.O. Nos: 261 Wing Operation order No. "A" andSquadron Operation order No. 18) DATE: 30. 10. 41.MAP REF: Target map B./2 and Benghazi 1:500000DATE 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 thewarriors of Twenty Wun did preparethemselves in the HELLUVA PLACE todrive forth from the air the vulturesand 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, mychildren, did they perform strangerites of worship, foregathering inthe brilliant lights of the templesOffhis Mess and Sah-jants Mess. Andso that the enemy should not spy within, they did close all the doors andwindows of the Temple Offhis Messbut the worshippers in the Sah-jantsMess they did not care, yeah verilynottadamn. For their temple was intruth a very Tower of Light.And in the Offhis Mess there wasone called Mack ben Donald (nay notthe Duck, my children) who did strumlightly on his lyre and stir the sav-age feelings of his fellow men whodid join with him in those strange in-cantations like unto the wailings ofa sick Gyppo. Strange indeed werethe words they chanted "Hi yi yippeeyi" "Sari Ma Ry" "Sa Ka Bona" andthe sack of the foot did they sing.There were many more but these arenot in the power of the scribe to re-cord, for the man they do call SenacOr did hold up his blue pencil andcry "Not here you don't!"And while Mac ben Donald didstrum his lyre, his fellow warriorsdid dispose of copious quantities ofa brew concocted from hops gatheredin the fields of Stralia, which wasalmost like unto the Brew of Lionand Cahl Stell of their own country.And this did cause them to sing withgreat vigour and rejoicing. And withthe Sah-jants Mess it was likewise.And of the warriors of Twenty Wunthere was one they did call the Ad-Your-Tent and he was known as LoftHe ben O'Brien. And great indeedwere his powers, yeah verily, so thatonly unto the Kernel Oh See. Untohim alone was given the power ofProm Ocean and he alone of all mencould send the warriors forth fromthe Helluva Place to taste of thefleshpots of the cities. And insuch vast numbers did the warriorsof Twenty Wun seek the favours ofthe Ad-Your-Tent that they mightseek the delights of Wah-Can't, Jak-(no) Array and Nite Klub, that LoftHe did command his slaves to dig hima hole in the ground. And here, mypeople, yeah verily in the bowelsof the earth, did Loft He seek re-fuge from the many solicitations ofthe warriors of Twenty Wun.And as guardian of his sanctuarydid Loft He appoint one Jan Hea Freed Man of Safric, while he asAd-Your-Tent did conduct visitors tobehold the wonders of Twenty Wun.There is much I would say of JaapHe but unto him is given the powerof Sub Bing and he hath said enoughYeah, the Sub hath spoken.S P O R T I N GE V E N T SDie Base-Crickby Match by Japie.The other day dere's somarsonutting doing — maar absotilly nut-ting. So dey says its a holiday fothe squadron en everybody jus' runes out on the 'drome en grabs a bitof countryside en hulle begin speelDere on the one side is the of-ficers in a big klomp all shoutingand arguing mit one another soek now knows that it was jus' a base-brawl match. En daar in die anderhoekie is foet of peoples lyingaround on de ground with a lort ofsticks en over de place — so eksomarso weets dats a crickby match.En jus' when ek is gettinginterested in die spel, along cumsvan Harley with a rugby ball jus'to make things more complimixed.Then the trouble starts. Dere'sStan Murray all dressed up in a lotof marks on things en die O.C. aldressed up in nutting at all eneverybody jumping around like a loof bedovilled monkeys en everyoneshouting like mad.En Mr. Duffus what's playing fothe Observers he gets the rightdirection with his stick en Loftyscores a six for the Clericalsagainst the signals en everyoneis excited because no one is lead-ing by a dropped goal to a try.En the O.C. he tries to slip from first base to second wicket —on he slips very hard. but PietLancaster is clean gobouled whenhe tries a snappy touchdown againsthe pitching of Lamont. Norman whicmakes die Officers all square a-gainst the pilots-observers, whatdon't deserve to have nutting atall because the Gas-Force Officerhas beaten Aapie to ball for atouchkick at first base. En everytings so upgomix ek jus' goes home.
Transcriber's Notes
MACK ben DONALD: Lt. McDonald, a pilot in the 2nd Sub Flight. He is noted for leading sing-alongs in the mess.
JAN HE A FREED MAN of SAFRIC: Sergeant Major Jack Friedmann, the senior non-commissioned officer of the squadron from the Union of South Africa (Safric).