Sortie Report (Form 541)
BA: Rd Junction Northern portion of POPOLI Town - (G8696)BB: 1536 A HrsBC: Medium level bombing attack 050°/070° 12800/13200'24 x 500 MC 49 Det 27 Pistol35 x 250 GP do do1 x 250 GP do do(Hang-up in a/c "U" Mk.4. Fuse blown)BD: Target easily identified. Leader overshot and formation bombed onLeader. Short stick concentrated on hill side EAST of POPOLI townpp. G864968. One hit or near miss on railway G864969.BE: NILBF: NILBG: Verticals and Obliques of bomb burstsBH: Smoke from TOLLO area observed at 1517 A Hrs (height 10000')"H" seenAIRCRAFT AND CREW LIST.| | | | | | ||---|---|---|---|---|---|| 437N | LT/COL KOTZE | CAPT CARTER | 2/LT THOMPSON | LT TE WATER POHL | FL || 545A | LT HEWITT | LT HORWITZ | F/SGT KIDNEY | A/SGT BOWEN | || 341L | CAPT VISSER | LT ELLIOTT | LT POTGEITER | LT V.D.WESTHUIZEN | || 441F | LT FROST | LT WHITE | F/SGT CARTER | A/SGT ALLAN | VL || 637C | LT WITTE | LT RUSHFORTH | F/SGT EATON | A/SGT MARAIS | || 586K | LT MUSGROVE | LT GILDENHUYS | LT V.SCHALKWYK | A/SGT LEIPOLDT | || 649Q | CAPT DALLING. DFC. | LT McARAVEY | F/SGT FORRESTER | A/SGT BUCHLER | BL || 414P | LT HILL | LT PIETERS | F/SGT V.D.WESTHUIZEN | A/SGT JENKINSON | || 387R | LT V.D.MERWE | LT JORDAAN | F/SGT VERITY | A/SGT PIENAAR | || 612T | CAPT DE WET | LT MELTZ | 2/LT DU PREEZ | A/SGT PEENS | VL || 383W | LT ROWE | LT JENSEN | 2/LT HEYNS | A/SGT PECKITT | || 445O | CAPT DIEU | LT VANDE PUTTE | F/SGT BAILEY | F/SGT DU RANT | |
Transcriber's Notes
Smoke from Tollo: The crew observed "Smoke from TOLLO area... at 1517 A Hrs." This serves as a post-strike assessment for the morning mission (Sortie 530), confirming that the earlier raid had successfully started fires in Tollo that were still burning hours later.