Jerry did come over this morning but fortunately restricted his attentions to TOBRUK and we played the part of not exactly disinterested spectators.
Our "Malta boys" finally took off this morning escorted by a Beaufighter, which, it later transpired, was unarmed! At the same time seven Marylands took off in rapid succession for MSUS where they were to standby for an army cooperation show.
With a dozen “Mary’s” in the air and the odd Beaufighter the sky was a mass of whirling and wheeling aircraft. The formations sorted themselves out, the Beaufighter attached itself to its brood of five, and the craft set off for their respective destinations. The Army Co-op show not one of our best efforts but all planes returned safely...
As the result of the effort of our Padre Squadron Leader Davies who has moved over to us from 3 Wing, a N.A.A.F.I. van rolled up with lots of good things on board. The opportunity of bringing variety to a life of bully and biscuits was seized upon and long queues besieged the truck all day.
Many of us felt that today should bring forth news of our future movements but a visit to Wing by our O.C. and Adjutant was unproductive.
The day ended with a little sing-song in the Adj’s. van, Holly White with his “squashbox'’ and Watty with his Sax helping us to conjure up visions of dance-music in the Union.
Many of the members of the squadron were shocked to hear the report that Col. Marais had been killed while on an operational flight with one of our fighter squadrons. Col. Marais had been a guest of this squadron on a number of occasions.