Sortie Report (Form 541)
BA: PALESTRINA TOWN G0860BB: 1013 A HrsBC: Medium level bombing attack 240°/260° 12000/12400'24 x 500 MC 49 Det 27 Pistol36 x 250 GP do doBD: Boxes bombed in line astern on leader. Medium stick starting fromN.E. of town across G081604 across Northern part of town toG077601. Two fires were seen to be burning in town, one with brownsmoke, the ether with yellow smoke.BE: NILBF: NILBG: Verticals and Obliques of bomb burstsBH: 20 + MET stationary on Rd ALAKRI to GUARCINO and in ALAKRI. Rd clearof snow.10 + MET moving both ways G22733 + MET moving both ways G1372MT on Rds from GUARCINO to PALESTRINA and FROSINONE to VALMONTONEat 2 miles interval moving WEST.18 + MET stationary on Rd between S.VINCENZO and SORAAIRCRAFT AND CREW LIST.643H MAJOR ORD LT HODGES F/SGT BOUCHER CAPT HALL FL467D LT LONGMORE LT KENDAL F/SGT THEUNISSEN A/SGT MACKAY637C LT WITTE LT RUSHFORTH F/SGT EATON A/SGT MARAIS441F LT FROST LT WHITE F/SGT CARTER A/SGT ALLAN VL576O LT MURMAN LT WALTERS F/SGT ODENDAAL A/SGT STEWART545A CAPT V.D.RIET LT RIVE F/SGT SAVAGE A/SGT SCOTT412B CAPT VISSER LT ELLIOTT LT POTGEITER LT V.D.WESTHUIZEN BL383W LT GREDER LT KIRBY F/SGT GREYLING A/SGT AIREY167S LT V.D.MERWE LT JORDAAN F/SGT VERITY A/SGT PIENAAR612T CAPT JOB LT NAUDE F/SGT GRATTON A/SGT LEISCHING VL414P LT ROWE LT JANSEN 2/LT HEYNS A/SGT PECKITT649U LT RICHARDS LT RABINOWITZ F/SGT ROBBERTSE A/SGT McCRINDLE
Transcriber's Notes
- ALAKRI
- A misspelling of Alatri, a town southeast of the target.
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