Yesterday's bad weather compelled our kites to make landings all over Libya and the Western Desert, and this morning news came through that the last "missing machine" had landed at L.G. 21. The machines all returned at odd intervals throughout the day.
There was promise of some excitement today when an order came through that every available aircraft was to be on immediate standby but nothing eventuated. Nevertheless, nothing transpired. In addition, the MALTA trip has been postponed until tomorrow.
Just before lunch a party of those unsung heroes of this war – the demolition squads – set off a big D.A. bomb lying on the drome. It had been dropped yesterday morning.
For the past few days there has been on atmosphere of confusion which has vary definitely impaired the efficiency of the whole squadron. When this push commenced all the members of the squadron went forward with great enthusiasm and put all the energy at their disposal towards a bigger and better squadron effort. There was a job to be done with a definite objective in view and every officer and man felt that 21 squadron would be there to attain that objective.
During the last few days here at BU AMUD conflicting news, some of it admittedly due to the machinations of Dame Rumour, one day that we were moving forward another that we were moving back and yet again that we were not moving at all, led to a considerable waning in initial enthusiasm. For men who were very highly keyed up and working extremely hard under difficult conditions it was not unnatural that this vacillating policy should bring about such a state of affairs.
Hard on the heels of the South African Infantry's victorious advance into BARDIA, a special party of Squadron Twenty one's stalwarts followed, returning to BU AMUD with the spoils of victory to wit, copious supplies of Italian cordials and mineral water — "Limone" and lots of it!