Sortie Report (Form 541)
BA : STATION DI PALENA — H087682BB : 1458 Hrs LTBC : Medium level. Height 14000' Course 130º6 x 250 G.P. 52 Det 37 Pistol ( 6 Hour Delay)2 x 250 G.P. 52 Det 37 Pistol (12 Hour Delay)64 x 250 G.P. 43 Det 27 PistolBD : Cloud over target made run up difficult. Formation attacked in two boxes of six aiming on leaders, bombs fell from H 088686 to 095677. NO results observed.BE : NILBF : NILBG : Photos NOT taken, cloud obscured bursts.BH : Only movement, scattered MET on Rd PETTORANO — RIVISONDOLI Target appeared empty.AIRCRAFT AND CREW LIST.437H11 MAJOR ORD LT HODGES 2/LTs WALKER & DEVENISH467D LT LONGMORE LT KENDAL F/SGT THEUNISSEN SGT MACKAY441F LT FROST LT LAMBERT F/SGT CARTER SGT ALLAN586B CAPT SAUNDERS XX P/O SMALLMAN LT POTGIETER SGT EARP-JONES426J CAPT JOB LT OWEN-HUGHES F/SGT JARVIS LT SHAW341L LT WITTE LT XXXX F/SGT EATON SGT MARAISRUSHFORTH167S CAPT SMIT LT KAY LT PURDON SGT SCHOOMBIE181T LT BENNETT LT HARLE 2LT STRYDOM P/O GILDEN383W LT GREDER LT ROSE. F. F/SGT GREYLING SGT AIREY387R LT RICHARDS LT ROSE. A. F/SGT ROBBERTSE SGT McCRINDLE240O LT ROBERTSON LT HANNING F/SGT DU PIESANIE SGT LEISCHING445U LT HILL LT PIETERS F/SGT V.D. WESTHUIZEN SGT JENKINSON
Transcriber's Notes
- LT
- Local Time.
- G.P
- General Purpose (bomb type).
- MET
- Motor Enemy Transport.
- Rd
- Road.
Expanded Abbreviations
Lieutenant Robertson and Lieutenant Hanning: Flying in aircraft 240O, this crew was a regular fixture in the unit's mission manifests during the Sangro campaign. Tragically, they would be killed just over two weeks later in a takeoff accident at Tortorella on November 28, 1943.