Cecil Golding photographs 2

These photographs originate from the private albums of ww2 SAAF fighter pilot Cecil Golding. It was kindly made available to me by mr. Golding. 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.

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Tinus le Roux

Jan 2012

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111 Fw-190

112

113 VE day fuel dump on fire

114 Crashed AC

115 3 sqd pilot buried by Germans

116 Italian propaganda

117 117, 118, 125, 126 Berchtesgaden, Austria. Parsonson and Du Toit flew to Germany several times in summer 1945. Parsonson also visited Hitler’s house etc. on a Jeep trip with Vic Bester and one other. Cecil must have gotten these photos from them

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119 3 sqdn rugby team

120 An Italian beach, summer 1945

121 Princess of Turin

122 Princess of Turin

123 Princess of Turin

124 1944 X-mass officers serving airmen

125 125 – 150 These were all taken after the war ended, when 8 Wing was based at Udine, northern Italy. The Berchtesgaden photos confirm what Jack Parsonson’s book says…..he, Vic Bester and a chappie named Jimmy Franks went on a trip through the Alps by Jeep to Austria, and went to the Nazi hideouts looking for souvenirs. They saw the SS barracks, Hitler’s house (Eagle’s Nest) and other places, all basically destroyed. Berchtesgaden had been stripped but they found some wine glasses and a wash basin etc.

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127 Bf-109

128 NCO mess

129 Jinx, girl US 5 Div, red cross, Cole, Rosy married her

131 3 sqdn rugby team 1945, cecil is capt

132 Pussy Foster, Med Air Force OC

133 Oom Jannie on a visit

134 Lake Garda

135 Lake Garda 135, 137 Looks like Rosy du Toit’s gf/wife

136 Lake Garda

137 Lake Garda

138 Lake Garda

139 Lake Garda

140 Bergtesgaden 1945

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142 Bergtesgaden

143 Jack Parsonson and Vic Bester

Parsonson describes this scene in his book, in the Austrian Alps they stopped at a “gasthaus” (guesthouse, ie. B+B) and drank melting snow water out of crystal glasses.

144 Lake Garda

145 Lake Garda Cecil and Piet

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147 Lake Garda Cecil and Piet

134 Lake Garda, Cecil and ?

149 Schneider trophy sea planes

Macchi MC 72, still holds the world speed record for piston-engined seaplanes. I saw this one, the only survivor, at the Italian AF Museum outside Rome, it’s one of the most beautiful planes I've ever seen….breathtaking. http://warbirdsnews.com/warbird-articles/macchi-castoldi-m-c-72-worlds-fastest-piston-powered-seaplane.html

The Italians hid this one during the war, the Schneider Trophy Races ended in 1931. This specific plane set the world speed record at Lake Garda in 1933….so this photo was taken somewhere around there, where it had been hidden during the war.