Sortie Report (Form 541)
21 SQUADRON S.A.A.F. 2nd RAID : 21st FEBRUARY, 1945 : OPREP 940T/OFF 1450 hrs _ _ _ _ _ MONSELICE M/YARDS _ OPERATION No. 150 _ _ _ _ _ _513 Hv: Comm Dieu Parsonson vdPutte Durant Mitchell Peckitt498 nN: Lt. Quail Louwrens Kros Douglas Wilson Solomon566 S : Lt. Granger Richardson Bailey Adams Kruger Wood577 U : Lt. Anderson P/O Stuart Webber Steyn McHugh Dodson561 B : Lt. Smellie Ramsay Winn Fraser Arthur Howden474 D : Lt. Kent Watermeyer Albertyn Overee Smith TR Mathew611 L : Lt. Kriel Herne Gildenhuys Dinn Richardson Sandelands550 C : Lt. Muir Dale Lister Foster Jones ER Rourke.TIMES :- 2.40 Hrs for all.REMARKS :-
Transcriber's Notes
- S.A.A.F
- South African Air Force.
- OPREP
- Operational Report.
- T/OFF
- Take Off.
- MONSELICE M/YARDS
- Monselice Marshalling Yards. A strategic railway junction located south of Padua, serving as a vital conduit for German logistical movement between the Po Valley and the Venetian defensive lines.
- OPERATION No. 150
- The 150th operational mission designated for 21 Squadron since beginning its deployment records.
- Comm Dieu
- Commandant G.N. Dieu (equivalent to the rank of Major in the SAAF); the mission leader for this specific sortie.
- P/O
- Pilot Officer.
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