Photographs of Ian Sturgeon, SAAF 40 Squadron.
Thanks to John Sturgeon for making this available!
1) SAAF No. 5 Squadron Tomahawks in North Africa
2) 40 squadron Spitfire Mk. 5 being serviced, 40 hour inspection.
3) 40 Squadron convoy
4) 40 squadron Spitfire V's in Lentini
5) Mechanic and pilot
6) Marauder bomber
7) NCO's
7) NCO's mess
8) Beaufighter (radar antenna on nose)
9) Floods at Burg el Arab, 1942
10) Bofors AA
11) German tank
12) Spitfire under camo
13) Caproni Italian plane
14) Captured Stuka Ju-87
15) Christmas lunch: OC making a speach
16) 40 Squadron convoy North Africa 1942
17) Squadron convoy
18) Crusader tank
19) Spitfire V
20) General Alexander and Field Marshall Brooke
21) Grub up : El Adem
22) Hurricane
23) Inspection of Spitfire prop.
24) Ju-52
25) VW Kubelwagen (sand tyres)
27) Lee/Grant tank
28) Lord Trenchard visit
29) 40 Squadron command; OC Murray Gardiner. Flight commanders: ltr. Jannie Blaauw, Tiny Nel, Mitchell Baker
30) Motor cycle wrecks
31) Mined truck
32) Mobile bar
33) Montgomery, Churchill in vehicle meeting Col Leese and 40 squadron Tiny Nel in Feb 1943 Castel Benito
34) Monty and Col Leese 1943 thanks parade
35) Officers at El Fridan 1942
36) Officer's mess
37) Officers at Goubrine April 1943
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39) P-38
40) P-61
41) Sherman tank
42) Spitfire V
43) Burning Spitfire
44) Thanks parade 40 squadron 1943
45) 5 squadron Tomahawks
46) Murray Gardiner's crashed Tomahawk
47) Tomahawk
48) View from Marble Arch
49) Valentine tank
50) Valentine
51) Crashed SAAF Ventura
52) Crashed Ventura
53) Crashed Ventura
54) Crashed Ventura
55) Crashed Ventura
56) Xmas lunch
57) Crusader tanks