These photographs originate from the private albums of ww2 SAAF fighter pilot Peter During. It was kindly made available to me by Mr. During. 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
Feb 2013
1) Wings parade, Waterkloof
2) Pupil pilot
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4) After the war
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7) Wings parade day group photograph, Waterkloof, 1944
11 OTU
8) Kittyhawks
9) Spitfire V
10) Kittyhawks
11) Kittyhawk
12) Spitfires and ? biplane
13) Spitfire V
14) Kittyhawks
15) Kittyhawk
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SAAF No.10 Squadron 1944
17) No. 10 squadron logo
18) Sport group photograph, Peter seated second from right
19) Peter seated in a Spitfire IX
20) Aussie Cedric Logan
21) Crashed SAAF medium bomber, all crew survived
22) Savioa aerodrome
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24) Mosquito
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26) George Segalla crashed this spit against a
petrol bowser; In the court of inquiry he mentioned that the vehicle was too
well camouflaged!
27) Spitfire IX
28) 10 Squadron Spitfires..still bearing the RAF 94 sqdn codes of the squadron they received the AC's from.
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30) Running up the engine
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33) George Segalla
34) Special high altitude Spitfire IX's; SHF. Canopies were bolted on, no paint, the one had no guns and the other no radio. Highest altitude reached by 9 sqdn pilot 14878 m !!
35) Segalla
36) Barrel van Heerden left and George Segalla
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SAAF No. 7 Squadron 1944-1945
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Behind enemy lines 1945
Peter was shot down by members of a Herman Goering anti aircraft division. He crash landed and was captured. Three of his captors had to escort Peter to the rear. During this time Peter convince his captors to become his prisoners and he will give them all a good recommendation to allied POW authorities. At one stage they were accommodated at a farm house where civilians gave them food and wine. This set of photographs was taken here with the one German's camera. You can see that Peter is holding the Mp-40 machine pistol and they all seem to be friends by now. Before Peter handed his prisoners over to Canadian troops the German gave his camera to Peter and the photographs were developed after the war.
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