East Africa 1940-1941

 

These photographs originate from the archives of the SAAF museum. It was kindly made available to me by the museum staff. I placed the photographs on this web site in order to share these gems to historians, 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

May 2012





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75 Lt Adrian Colenbrander; No 2 squadron, Later OC of 2 sqdn, KIA 1942

 

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114 No. 1 Sqdn Gladiators  in Kenia with Kenian soldier look-out

 

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