Operation

BA: PALESTRINA TOWN G0860 BB: 1013 A Hrs BC: Medium level bombing attack 240°/260° 12000/12400' 24 x 500 MC 49 Det 27 Pistol 36 x 250 GP do do BD: Boxes bombed in line astern on leader. Medium stick starting from N.E. of town across G081604 across Northern part of town to G077601. Two fires were seen to be burning in town, one with brown smoke, the ether with yellow smoke. BE: NIL BF: NIL BG: Verticals and Obliques of bomb bursts BH: 20 + MET stationary on Rd ALAKRI to GUARCINO and in ALAKRI. Rd clear of snow. 10 + MET moving both ways G2273 3 + MET moving both ways G1372 MT on Rds from GUARCINO to PALESTRINA and FROSINONE to VALMONTONE at 2 miles interval moving WEST. 18 + MET stationary on Rd between S.VINCENZO and SORA AIRCRAFT AND CREW LIST. 643H MAJOR ORD LT HODGES F/SGT BOUCHER CAPT HALL FL 467D LT LONGMORE LT KENDAL F/SGT THEUNISSEN A/SGT MACKAY 637C LT WITTE LT RUSHFORTH F/SGT EATON A/SGT MARAIS 441F LT FROST LT WHITE F/SGT CARTER A/SGT ALLAN VL 576O LT MURMAN LT WALTERS F/SGT ODENDAAL A/SGT STEWART 545A CAPT V.D.RIET LT RIVE F/SGT SAVAGE A/SGT SCOTT 412B CAPT VISSER LT ELLIOTT LT POTGEITER LT V.D.WESTHUIZEN BL 383W LT GREDER LT KIRBY F/SGT GREYLING A/SGT AIREY 167S LT V.D.MERWE LT JORDAAN F/SGT VERITY A/SGT PIENAAR 612T CAPT JOB LT NAUDE F/SGT GRATTON A/SGT LEISCHING VL 414P LT ROWE LT JANSEN 2/LT HEYNS A/SGT PECKITT 649U LT RICHARDS LT RABINOWITZ F/SGT ROBBERTSE A/SGT McCRINDLE