Sortie Report (Form 541)
"E 2"
List of Aircraft and Aircrews attached to Sortie Report No. 240 dated Night 25/26 March 1943. - 21 Squadron S.A.A.F. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
* 940 V Lt.Col C.S. Coppen D.F.C., Capt. R.R. Farrant, F/Sgt. Bradfield A. and F/Sgt. Lyne J.L. * 176 YY Major A.C. Jandrell, Lt. J.E. Christie, F/Sgt. Morley D.H. and F/Sgt. Abraham W. * 903 O Capt. C. Cormack, Lt. R.F. Pawson, F/Sgt. P. Finberg and F/Sgt. D.P. McGee. * 126 U Capt. G.L. McBride, Lt. H.A. Gibson, F/Sgt. Daniels W.C. and F/Sgt. White A.M. * 916 SS Lt. J.W. Smith, Lt. A. Arnold, Sgt. Freestone R.K. and F/Sgt. Viljoen W.L. * 142 P Lt. G.A. Liddiard, Lt. J.M. Pickerill, F/Sgt. Zaaiman M. and F/Sgt. Cliff A.T. * 850 X Lt. T.W. Eaton, Lt. L.G. Floor, F/Sgt. le Roux H. and F/Sgt. Gildon S.L. (R.A.F.) * 104 S Lt. N.S. Clutterbuck, Lt. D.B. Campbell, F/Sgt. Raeburn E. and F/Sgt Fraser D. * 930 K Major M. Barnby D.F.C., Lt. G.A. Evans, Lt. R. Sandilands, and F/Sgt. Lotter W.G. * 900 F Capt. J.A. Mouton, Lt. H. Simon, F/Sgt. Carr G.W. and F/Sgt. Wisenberg N. * 904 BB Capt. A.G.M. Budd, Sgt. Smallman S.O. (R.A.F.) F/O Cornelius W.G. (R.C.A.F.) and F/Sgt. Woods C.R. * 877 J Lt. T.L. Gardener, Lt. A. Kerr, F/Sgt. Pearce J. and F/Sgt. Green C.E.G. * 862 D Lt. E.P. Hamilton, Lt. S.B. Whittle, F/Sgt. Rogers F.D. and F/Sgt. Phelan D. * 942 G Lt. J.F. Carlisle, Lt. S. Webber, F/Sgt. Schumann M. and F/Sgt. Waldek V. * 179 A Lt. J.E. A'Bear, Lt. H.E.J. Owen-Hughes, F/Sgt. Harrison J.R. and F/Sgt. Pickup J.E. (Handwritten Initials: [Illegible])
Transcriber's Notes
- 21 Squadron S.A.A.F
- No. 21 Squadron of the South African Air Force, operating the Martin Baltimore Mark III light bomber.
- D.F.C
- Distinguished Flying Cross, held by mission leaders Lt.Col. Coppen and Major Barnby.
Sortie Report No. 240: The official administrative record for a sustained 15-aircraft night interdiction operation conducted by the unit.