Cecil Golding photographs 3

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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211 Cecil and Rosie

212 On ship back 1945

215

216 Dawie Theron, Cecil, 1945

217 wings

219 DFC award, 1945, Governor General Brand van Zyl

22 Sqdn leader 3 sqdn 1945

222

223

224 Cecil with mom and dad at medal ceremony

225

226

227 Ogies and Cecil

228 Bf-109

229 Fw-190

230 Bell P-39 Airacobra

232 Fw-190

234 "Sugar" Hulett

235 Cecil, Rosy

236

237 Princess of Turin

238 Training 1941, people KIA and people who failed the course are indicated

239 Flying with 7 sqdn 1943

240 Spit MkV's, 1943 1 sqdn

241 Sturgeon

242 Possibly Tunis harbor, see photo 14

243 SAAF 3 sqdn badge

244 Ackers, flight leader 3 sqdn 1945

246 3 sqdn 1945 L.R back: Petit, ?, Hulett, Kingsey, Frikkie Glover, C Golding, Bezuidenhoud, Stewart, Piet Swemmer. Front: Dawie Theron, Coey, Royston, Sturgeon

247 Sugar Hulett

248

249 Rosy du Toit

250 Triblehorn, 3 sqdn

251

252 Ackerman 3 sqdn

253 Maj Snowy Moody

255 Snowy Moody

256 Princess of Turin

257 ?

258 Princess of Turin

259 Armament mech, Costa, Price 3 sqdn

260 Holten, 3 sqdn

261 Hartoch 3 sqdn

262 Montanari 1 sqdn

263 B-17

264 Messerschmitt transport Tunis 1943

Me 323 ‘Gigant’ transport. SAAF and USAAF Kittyhawks slaughtered dozens of these, and Ju 52’s, when they tried to fly supplies to tha Afrika Korps in Tunisia in March and April 1943. SAAF got something like 25 kills in one flight, USAAF 57 or so.

265 ?Vic Bester looks like, the 3 Sq Adjudant. Sign makes sense!

266 Cecil's plane 1 sqdn 1944

267 Cecil's plane guns being adjusted 3 sqdn 1945

268 see 241…looks like Sturgeon. What do you think?

269

270 US Thunderbolts

271 US crew with 3 sqdn AC

272 1 sqdn Mechs

273 Rosy's aircraft in back ground: DU-T

274 Kittyhawk

275 1 sqdn AC with fuel drop tank Same as 84, a 1 Sq. Spitfire Mk.9 at Foiano LG, Italy

276 Cecil with plane 1945

278 Cecil in training 1941

279 Cecil in training 1941

289 Cecil in training 1941

281 Cecil in training 1941

282 Cecil in training 1941

283 Portrait after the war

284 Received wings and pips

286 Front: Lark, ?,?,Price, Lucas, ?, None?. Middle: Curly, Merves, Ackerman, Cecil, Vic, Theron, Armament officer. Back: ?, None, Roystone, ?,Bennett, Holton, Tarr

287 Rosy

288 Parsonson

290 Frikkie Glover

291

292 Fw-190

293 Major "one arm" Poland, wing major

294 US Concert group

295 US red cross group

296 Abandoned Panther tank with Labby Labistour

298 Rosy and Poland

299 Tarr and "Gloria" US girl

300 Rosy and Parsonson

301 ?

302 Snowy Moody

303 Montanari

304 ?

305

306 Poland ?

307 1 sqdn spit mk5's

308 4 sqdn spits

309 US Marauder

310 Hurricane with LR tanks

311 Patti in centre

312 US Thunderbolts

313 Liberator see below.

It was actually a LB.30 (no. AM920) the civilian transport version of the Liberator. Military designation was C-87

AM920 c/n 11; ex 40-2359; Floyd Bennett - Gander - Prestwick
13-14.5.41; SAL, Prestwick 14.5.41 mods for ATFERO; RFS with
BOAC crew; first service Squires Gate - St Hubert 28-29.5.41; to
Ferry Command 18.7.41 but remained on RFS; maintenance at
Dorval 17.10.41 to 12.12.41; allocated G-AGHG 21.5.43 for BOAC
but NTU as crashed on take-off from Dorval 1.6.43 when all engines
cut; badly damaged but visit by Frank Learman of Consolidated on
17.6.43 resulted in decision to rebuild with C-87 nose and 'canoe
conversion' kit for fuselage; parts sent to Dorval by rail; after
completion defined as LB.30B/Composite and returned to BOAC/RFS
31.12.44; regd G-AHYB to BOAC; CoR (10447) issued 19.8.46; CoA
(8302) issued 30.9.46; radio c/s OLZL; remained in constant trans-
Atlantic service and had completed 2,356 flying hrs by 31.3.47;
operated by Scottish Aviation Ltd wef 1.4.49; CoA lapsed 8.10.49 and
stored at Prestwick; regn cancelled 6.4.51 as sold abroad; ferry permit
issued 9.4.51 for flight to Tollerton for overhaul; CdN (20428) as
F-BEFR 25.7.51 at Orly to Sté de Transports Aériens Alpes Provence
La Joie de Paris; CoA suspended at Marseilles 19.2.52 ferry permit
issued 26.3.52 for flight to Bordeaux; converted at Bordeaux as VIP
aircraft and regd F-VNNP 8.5.52 with CdN 3782; CoA issued 30.5.52
to Service Impérial de Liaisons Aériennes, Dalat, Indochina for use by
Emperor Bao Dai of Viet Nam; CoA issued 10.5.55 at Nice and regd
F-OASS to Sié Commerciale d'Aviation Nord Africaine, Rabat, 13.6.55;
sold 18.4.58 to Cie Laotienne de Commerce et de Transport, Vientiane,
Laos; ntu; regn cancelled 20.5.59 and derelict at Le Bourget

314 Spit IX

315 Northrop P-61 Black Widow Vic Bester 3 Sq. Adjudant standing by a Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter

316 Northrop P-61 Black Widow Vic Bester 3 Sq. Adjudant standing by a Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter

317

P-61 Black Widow night fighters. They were painted gloss black

318 Lib Crash-landed USAAF Liberator. Note the feathered prop on the inboard engine and oil on top of engine. Also looks like quite a bit of oil on the outboard, but that’s probably from the inner spewing oil