Operation

BA: PALESTRINA TOWN G0860 BB: 1013 A Hrs BC: Medium level bombing attack 240°/260° 12000/12400' 24 x 500 MC 49 Det 27 Pistol 36 x 250 GP do do BD: Boxes bombed in line astern on leader. Medium stick starting from N.E. of town [crossed out text] G081604 across Northern part of town to G077601. Two fires were seen to be burning in town, one with brown smoke, the other with yellow smoke. BE: NIL BF: NIL BG: Verticals and Obliques of bomb bursts BH: 20 + MET stationary on Rd ALATRI to GUARCINO and in ALATRI. Rd clear of snow. 10 + MET moving both ways G2273 3 + MET moving both ways G1372 MT on Rds from GUARCINO to PALESTRINA and FROSINONE to VALMONTONE at 2miles interval moving WEST. 15 + MET stationary on Rd between S. VINCENZO and SORA AIRCRAFT AND CREW LIST. 643H MAJOR ORD LT HODGES F/SGT BOUCHER CAPT HALL FL 467D LT LONGMORE LT KENDAL F/SGT THEUNISSEN A/SGT MACKAY 637C LT WITTE LT RUSHFORTH F/SGT EATON A/SGT MARAIS 441F LT FROST LT WHITE F/SGT CARTER A/SGT ALLAN VL 576O LT MURMAN LT WALTERS F/SGT ODENDAAL A/SGT STEWART 545A CAPT V.D.RIET LT RIVE F/SGT SAVAGE A/SGT SCOTT 412B CAPT VISSER LT ELLIOTT LT POTGIETER LT V.D.WESTHUIZEN BL 383W LT GREDER LT KIRBY F/SGT GREYLING A/SGT AIREY 167S LT V.D.MERWE LT JORDAAN F/SGT VERITY A/SGT PIENAAR 612T CAPT JOB LT NAUDE F/SGT GRATTON A/SGT LEISCHING VL 414P LT ROWE LT JANSEN 2/LT HEYNS A/SGT PECKITT 649U LT RICHARDS LT RABINOWITZ F/SGT ROBBERTSE A/SGT McCRINDLE