Sortie Report (Form 541)
21 SQUADRON S.A.A.F. OPREP NO. 973 Operation 175/21S/MRAID ON CASARSA M/YARDS SHEET 39 ) T/off:- 0815hrs.575 P : Maj. Dieu Parsonson Hatswell Mitchell Durrant Peckitt471 R : Lt. Collender Gillam Deane Benson Banfield Suter539 T : P/O Markham Rapp Dickenson Goodwin McHugh Dodson566 S : Lt. Becke Meyer Bailey Heale McCausland Gidlow.561 B : Lt. Isted Williams Gelb Bedford Botha Collins474 D : Lt. Gough Horne Ryan Overee Smith TR Mathew519 G : Lt. Hussey Quaife Wells Boast Kennedy Pienaar513 Hv: F/O Hanna Ross Naude Oldfield van de Berg Paxton.577 U : Lt. Muir Dale Lister Malan Foster Rourke583 V : Lt. von Heldt Dore Main King Brown Stephan572 J : P/O Goble Watermeyer OwenHughes Trivett Venter WildingW/Finding:-429 A : Lt. Reyneke Cordell Masters Winn Hennesey Cloete Tennant.Times:- All A/C 3.00 hrs. except Wind A/C . .3.30 Hrs.
Transcriber's Notes
- S.A.A.F
- South African Air Force.
- OPREP NO. 973
- Operational Report number 973.
- CASARSA M/YARDS
- The Marshalling Yards at Casarsa della Delizia, a strategic railway hub in Northeastern Italy.
- T/off
- - 0815hrs: Time of Take-Off, 08:15 hours.
MC/GP (Medium Capacity / General Purpose): Standard Allied aerial ordnance classifications for high-explosive bombs. For tactical interdiction of railway targets like the Casarsa yards, Marauders typically utilized 500 lb or 250 lb GP bombs to ensure the destruction of tracks, switches, and rolling stock.