These photographs originate from the private albums of ww2 SAAF fighter pilot Denis Taylor. It was kindly made available to me by Mr. Taylor. 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
Jan 2013
Names of 10 squadron pilots from photographs and war diary:
Maj. Cecil Jack Omond "Zulu" Swales, DFC, to 4sqdn as OC 10/1944
Capt. T R "Chick" Fryer, to 1 sqdn 10/1944
Capt. Willem Munro Copeland, to 7 sqdn 11/1944
Lt.. Jack Owen Brown (crash landed on beach in Crete but rescued) MiD, to 2 sqdn 1/1945
Lt.. Denis Taylor, to 4 sqdn 11/1944, POW 1945
Lt. J George Segalla, to 4 sqdn 8/1944
Lt. P During, he was POW while at 4 sqdn 1945
Lt. J W S van Heerden, to 7 sqdn 1944
Lt. Tammy "Tadpole" Tomlinson
Lt. S W "Bill" Rabie , DFC, KIFA 24/6/1944
Lt. John Barry Pyott, he was KIA in 1945 4/3/1945 while at RAF450 sqdn
Lt. Joe J Roelofse, KIFA while at 4 sqdn 12/1944
Lt John Henri du Toit, to 2 sqdn 1/1945
Lt. Laurie ?
Lt. Mike ?
Lt. Peter Dudley "Lepinski" Leppan, to 2 sqdn 11/1944
Lt. Angus Dunstan "Bill" Avery, born in Aus, to 44 sqdn 1945
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2 Back: Tomlinson, Johnny du Toit, George Segalla
front: Roelofse (KIFA), ?, Bill (Aussie)
3 Chick Fryer
5 George Segalla, Johnny du Toit, Barry Pyott, Chick Fryer
6 George Segalla and Laurie ?
8 Tomlinson
9 Laurie, Segalla, Peter During
11 Mike ? and Chick Fryer
13 Denis
16 Denis and George Segalla with a Greek girl at Stanley bay, Alexandria
17 George Segalla, Peter During, Peter Leppan
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21 George Segalla and Chick Fryer
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24 Pyott. His family has a large biscuit business and one logo is "Did you say"
25 Tammy "Tadpole" Tomlinson
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28 back: Tammy "Tadpole" Tomlinson, Bill (Aussie), George Segalla
front: Joe Roelofse (killed), Johnny du Toit, Peter "Lepinski" Leppan
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34 On way from Idku to Savoia:
back: transport, transport, L.., George Segalla, Denis Taylor, ?
front: Tammy "Tadpole" Tomlinson, Joe Roelofse
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36 Squadron transports
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38 Butch, Squadron doctor or "MO", medical officer
39 Aussie Bill, Tadpole, Johnny du Toit, Denis Taylor, ?, Peter During, Pyott
40 Denis said that many high water pools like this one is called "Cleopatra's pool"
41 Italian docking structures at the beach near Savoia. Denis told me they did hand grenade fishing here!
42 Pyott, ?, Denis, Tadpole
43. "Smoothy Johnson" was a saying for "cool" guys.
44 Pyott, Bill, ?
45 Major Zulu Swales
46 Tammy "Tadpole" Tomlinson
47 squadron Hockey team, Denis at the back 2nd from left
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50) Loot brought over from Italy; it is said that the new "owner" drove this to South Africa.
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52 Small town of Appalonia near Savoia aerfield.
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54 Denis fishing
55 Bill Avery, Carruthers (IO officer), Denis.
56 Pyott
57 Sandy, IO
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59 Intelligence officer: Carruthers
60 Pyott, ?
61 Back: Peter During, P du Toit
Front: Roelofse, ?
63 George Segalla
62 Group pic at Hocky game, Denis third from right seated. Spartans was one of the "house league" hockey teams
64 Unidentified pilot. Mk IX in front, Mk. VIII at back unpainted.
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66 ?, Chick Fryer
67 George Segalle and Denis in Alex
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