Sortie Report (Form 541)
BA: TROOP CONCENTRATIONS - FOSSACESIA - C395045BB: 1149 A HrsBC: Medium level bombing 8500' 350º24 x 500 MC 43 Det 27 Pistol36 x 250 GP do do (Rods)BD: Target well identified under cloud. Bombs dropped in long stick from C396044 to C393049. 3 direct hits on buildings and direct hits on road NORTH WEST of town. Smoke seen to rise over target area to 1000'BE: NO E/A. Slight L/A/A, inaccurate below formation, target area.BF: NILBG: Verticals and Obliques of bomb burstsBH: Heaped up earth in open square C3950455 + MET moving NORTH just outside FOSSACESIAApproximately 6 flashes Arty from EAST of town while bombingWhite smoke but NO "F" seen at C479003AIRCRAFT AND CREW LIST.586B CAPT SAUNDERS P/O SMALLMAN LT POTGIETER A/SGT EARP-JONES341L LT LONGMORE LT KENDAL F/SGT THEUNISSEN A/SGT MACKAY426J LT WOOD LT NEL F/SGT JAMES A/SGT ROBERTSON441P LT FROST LT WHITE F/SGT CARTER A/SGT ALLAN437H LT HEWITT LT HORWITZ F/SGT KIDNEY A/SGT BOWEN545A LT WITTE 2/LT RUSHFORTH F/SGT EATON A/SGT MARAIS356Z MAJOR STUART LT REES W/O FREESTONE LT HALL383W LT GREDER LT HARLE F/SGT GREYLING A/SGT AIREY181T CAPT V. BREDA 2/LT NAUDE F/SGT GRATTON P/O GILDON167S CAPT SMIT LT KAY F/SGT JENSEN A/SGT SCHOOMBIE181Y LT HILL LT PIETERS F/SGT V.D. WESTHUIZEN A/SGT JENKINSON445U CAPT DIEU LT ROSE F/SGT BAILEY F/SGT DU RANT
Transcriber's Notes
- E/A
- Enemy Aircraft.
- L/A/A
- Light Anti-Aircraft fire.
- MET
- Motor Enemy Transport.
- Arty
- Artillery.
Expanded Abbreviations