At first light the convoy was astir and after eagerly consumed breakfasts all personnel were ready to move off on the final stages of their "evacuation". The journey from MENA to our destination – EL FIRDAN – proved for the most part uneventful but interesting. In contrast to the desert stretches we had passed through the previous day, we traversed the road adjoining the Sweet Water Canal in the direction of ISMAILIA, passing green stretches of country and tree-lined portions of this canal. The convoy made fair progress and apart from one or two heavily laden vehicles which failed to survive the journey, all reached EL FIRDAN station in the late afternoon.
First impressions of the station were most gratifying as a number of permanent buildings were found which were put to use for accommodating the personnel of the squadron for their first night on this station.
A telephone call was received from Air Headquarters, Egypt almost immediately the convoy arrived at the station, requesting that twenty-four artisan-personnel be sent to No. 24 Squadron to assist them in the heavy operations that are now being undertaken by the Boston bombers. The personnel were sent on their way immediately to ISMAILIA aerodrome whence they left by Bombay aircraft for L.G. 98.