These photographs originate from the private albums of ww2 SAAF fighter pilot Stewart “Bomb” Finney. It was kindly made available by him. I scanned and placed the photographs on this web site in order to share these gems to enthusiasts and the wider public. Please respect the copy rights of these photographs and contact me to obtain the necessary permission if you want to duplicate some of this material in other web sites or printed matter.
Thanks
Tinus le Roux
Jan 2012
1) Accident at El Hasseiat 4 Dec 1942. Note red painted wing tip (top pic) as was granted practice of SAAF 1 sqdn until the end of the war.
2) Sevaas Viljoen, Bomb Finney, Colin Sinclair, F/Lt Alan R Boyle RAF (thanks to his son David for info), 73 OTU
3) Colin Sinclair, Servaas Viljoen, Alan Boyle RAF, Bomb Finney, Instructors, 73 OTU 1943
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5) L to R: Ginger Baker, Colin Sinclair, Barry Haynes, Ernie (Pops) Jory, George O'Farrell, Harry Gaynor, Les Marshall. All with brand new outfit!
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7) Captured 109, Derna
8) Captured Bf-109 Jan 1942
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14) Jan Vis Salmon
15) Crashed aircraft of Fred Schofield due to engine cut: El Gamil 18 May 1942
16) Crashed aircraft of Fred Schofield due to engine cut: El Gamil 18 May 1942
17) Crashed aircraft of Fred Schofield due to engine cut: El Gamil 18 May 1942
18) Crashed aircraft of Fred Schofield due to engine cut: El Gamil 18 May 1942. On the left: Captain Metelerkamp, later to become 1 sqdn OC and later KIA.
19) Tiger moth crashed by Eddie Thrash, Port Said
20) Tiger moth crashed by Eddie Thrash, Port Said
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23) Seccombe in his Hurricane: Note 4 x swastika kill marks painted
24) Bomb calls this man the "duck egg green merchant"
25) Pilots and ground staff chat after a fight.
26) Flying boots
27) Lysander recce plane
28) Roger Simmonds(RAF seconded) and Johnny Johnson (air defence officer)
29) Philips, Johnson, Bomb, Bruce Rose-Christie Tel-Aviv 1942
30) Gaynor's plane, note 20mm canon
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33) Hurricane iic with 20mm canon. Note only 1 canon on each side
34) Bomb in this Hurricane
35) Scramble buzzer device at the ops tent. This sound was disliked by the pilots and they disabled it.
36) Scramble
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39) Ray Connell's A/C being hit.
40) Bomb's plane being badly hit but flown by Jan Vis Salmon
41) Bomb's plane being badly hit but flown by Jan Vis Salmon
42) Boarding a Loadstar.
43) On landing the Loadstar made an emergency belly landing, UC did not get out. Bomb and other passengers braced against bulkhead.
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48) Servaas Viljoen's Hurricane nose artwork
49) J H Gaynor's Hurricane nose artwork
50) Bomb Finney's Hurricane nose artwork
51) R B Peel's Hurricane nose artwork
52) Tom Phillips. Note 1 SAAF painted on door
53) Bomb, Johnson (sqdn defence officer) and Phillips