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Operation No. 512

PALENA TOWN - H1276

Over target: 1245 hrs

Sortie Report (Form 541)

SORTIE REPORT(Part A)R.A.F. Form 441 A.G 24| [Header Columns] | [Content] ||---|---|| Sortie No. | 1 || Oprep. Ref. No. | 512 || Date | 11 Jan 44 || Squadron | 21 SAAF || Type of Aircraft | 12 Baltimores (2 Mk.3A, 10 Mk.4) || Aircraft No. | See over || Aircraft Letter | See over || Captain | LT/COL KOTZE || Crew | CAPT CARTER || Formation Leader | [Blank - aligned with Captain field] || Time Up | 1149 A Hrs 1st aircraft || Time Down | 1324 A Hrs last aircraft || Total Time | 18.00 Hours || Aerodrome or L.G. | TORTORELLA || State of Cloud | Cu. and St.Cu ||---|---|| Amount of Cloud | 10/10 || Base of Cloud | 6500' Tops 8000' || Visibility | 15/20 miles away from clouds || General Weather | Cloudy || Map or Chart Reference | ITALY 1:100,000 Sheets 147/153 LANCIANO and AGNONE ||---|---|| Task or Duty | PALENA TOWN - H1276 ||---|---|| Time | Height | Place | Narrative ||---|---|---|---|| 1149 | | BASE | a/b || 1207 | 1500 | BASE | S/c TERMOLI || 1220 | 8000 | TERMOLI | Over 10/10 cloud || 1244 | 12300 | TARGET | Bombs dropped || 1316 | | BASE | Landed || 1324 | | | Last aircraft landed |[Signature Block](Signed) [Signature unreadable - similar to "Lt Thompson"?]Lt for CaptSIO 21 Squadron, S.A.A.F.PART B (on reverse) to be completed according to relevant pro-forma in H.Q. R.A.F. M.E. Instruction 34.HQP/1,500,000/4-42 P.T.O.