A typical Sabbath day. No dust or wind in the morning but freshening towards afternoon. Twelve squadron sent four crews here for night flying. Only excitement caused by one of the pilots of 12 Squadron, with his Inter-comm packing up landing on the flare path of a neighbouring drome! He must have been surprised!!
12 Baltimores led by Major CORMACK attacked gun positions Nos.19 & 19A on PANTELLERIA Island in two boxes of six, practically in line astern. Two gun positions received direct hits, and the target area was well straddled. A.A. moderate but inaccurate.
Two minutes before rendezvous with fighter escort a message was received from Blackmail “Bandits in rendezvous area”. A.A. observed from RAS MOSTIFA, picked up fighter escort 5 minutes later. No enemy fighters encountered.
Nil operations. Lieut. ELLIOT-WILSON (pilot) reported for duty. The following crews were posted O.T.E. : Lieuts. ASHTON, ROWE, v.d. MERWE (pilots), Lieuts. JANSEN, JORDAAN, MELTZ, RIVE (observers), W/Os. HARMSE, VERITY, HEYNS, BROUGH, PECKITT and PIENAAR (gunners).