Sortie Report (Form 541)
TO : HQ. MAAF ( ATTENTION 23rd SCORU)HQ. TAF ( ATTENTION SCORU)SAOS SAAF.FROM : SIO 21 SQUADRON SAAF.REF. : 21S./ 775DATE. : 26th July, 1944.OPREP NO. 775 FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 2100 HOURS 25th JULY, 1944A TO V.: NIL.W.: (i) 11 Marauders 111 (i) 1 Baltimore V(ii) NIL (ii) NILX.: (i) 1945 (i) 2.00 Hours.(ii) NIL (ii) NIL.Y.: 10 x 100 Sand Practice Bombs. ( Practice Bombing)Z.: NIL.S.L. Boshoff CAPT.SIO 21 SQUADRON SAAF.
Transcriber's Notes
- SCORU
- Statistical Control and Operations Research Unit.
- SAOS SAAF
- Senior Air Officer South Africa, South African Air Force.
- OPREP
- Operational Report.
- NIL
- None/Zero. 75 Verification: Target File Verification: The document is dated 27th JULY, 1944. in the "DATE" field. It is a Sortie Report (Operational Report No. 776) labeled 74 in the top right margin.
- Marauders 111
- Marauder Mark III (RAF/SAAF version of the B-26F/G).
- Practice Bombing
- Section Y records a specific training exercise: the drop of "10 x 100 Sand Practice Bombs". These inert, sand-filled projectiles were used to train air observers in the use of the Norden or Sperry bombsights on the new medium bomber without wasting high-explosive ordnance.
Operational Transition (July 25, 1944):
The Final Baltimore Presence:
Personnel and Organizational Observations:
Location and Theatre Context:
Abbreviations Expanded: