RAF IN SOUTH AFRICA IN WORLD WAR II

THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN SOUTH AFRICA IN WORLD WAR TWO

Jim Payne says "The album belonged to RAF Officer K C G Linnington. I believe for at least part of the war he was an equipment officer, working on aircraft maintenance at various RAF air training bases in South Africa . However he is also seen taking flying lessons so he may well have been a pilot as well.

The album almost entirely covers his service in the RAF while in Africa . At the front of the album there are 2 large group photos showing RAF Hereford Equipment Officers School , Hereford , and Officer Cadet Training Unit, Cosford. He is clearly seen and named in both.

There are many shots of uniformed men and loads of photos of planes including Harvards both on ground and in flight. There are some excellent shots taken out of the plane showing large formations in the air. Other planes include: a very good photo of a captured German Junkers 88; 3 of Hurricanes; a Liberator; 11 photos of a visiting "Aries" Lancastrian (which broke the record for speed from England to Cape Town ); Ansons; a Kittyhawk; a Lockheed Loadstar; Oxfords; and 3 photos of the King's Flight Viking at Cape Town .

There are 13 photos which show planes being crated... some were sent on to India , others to England .

There are shots taken from the air over air bases and on the ground including: No 47 Air School, Queenstown, Cape Province; No 45 Air School, Grahamstown, Cape Province; No 22 Air School Vereeniging, Transvaal; No 62 Air School, Bloemfontein.

Many of the images have written details and I have added these to the scans."


1944 South Africa - 62 A.S. Bloemfontein 1024 X 1331 92 KB	22 Air School from the air 964 X 666 41 KB	22 Air School, Vereeniging, Transvaal 940 X 677 36 KB	4000 ft up 925 X 706 38 KB

About to depart for England 1000 X 677 44 KB	About to take off 976 X 689 37 KB	Aerial view of Humewood P.E. 1012 X 677 56 KB	Aerial view of Johannesburg 976 X 677 76 KB

Aerial view of No 7 Air Depot, Port Elizabeth 1024 X 725 40 KB	Aerial view of Port Elizabeth 1000 X 701 49 KB	Aircraft carrier Victorious anchored at Port Said 1000 X 713 43 KB	Aircraft carrier Victorious approaching Port Suez 976 X 713 46 KB

all these images are available from Jim Payne, on - ebay account "throughtheireyes2" - or, throughtheireyes3@yahoo.co.uk or 07809 831411

The images here are very low resolution only, on the CD they print out to A4 and A3 really well. Jim is doing an amazing job, buying in these albums at auctions etc, and rather than keeping them to himself in his own collection, he is making them easily available to all, costs ?? with p&p, less than a Ł tenner - an amazing buy. The more you buy off him, the more albums he will get and so the the more you will get, so do it!! I have because I want to see more.

ebay account "throughtheireyes2" - or, throughtheireyes3@yahoo.co.uk or 07809 831411

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