This morning saw the Western Desert at its typically worst!! All day long the dust blew around in swirls and eddies of all enveloping and all-defiling brown sand. Apart from its colour it really tends to 'brown’ one off completely! No aircraft could take the air today for the conditions throughout the area were vile.
Went off to 0.21 to have a look see at the Admin, side at base, and to collect an office trailer and three additional lorries obtained from A.H.Q. W.D. Towards evening the dust and wind abated and the clouds rolled by. A real cheering item of news for the Squadron was the immediate award of the DISTINGUISHED FLYING MEDAL to A/Sgt du Pré for his splendid showing in the rescue of his co-gunner, A/Sgt Russell on the black 20th Nov.
Good show Duppie and keep the old squadron name on high!
Jerry gave us a fairly quiet night with occasional bombing near the rail head.