Curtiss Kittyhawk III SAAF 5Sqn GLH FR781 at Vasto Italy IWM CNA2491

 Curtiss Kittyhawk III SAAF 5Sqn GLO FR817 Lady Godiva at Mileni Foggia Italy 1945 0A

 Curtiss Kittyhawk III SAAF 5Sqn GLO FR817 Lady Godiva at Mileni Foggia Italy IWM CNA2262

 Curtiss Kittyhawk SAAF 4Sqn KJA Goubrine area of Tunisia 1943 IWM CNA773

 Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk SAAF 2Sqn DBQ Lindsay AL173 Libya 1942 0A

 Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk SAAF 4Sqn KJH Waddy ET512 Egypt 1942 01

 Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk SAAF 4Sqn KJH Waddy ET512 Egypt 1942 0A

 Curtiss P-40M Kittyhawk SAAF 5Sqn Shirley III at LG 121 Egypt 1941 IWM CM2515

 Douglas Boston SAAF 24Sqn over the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tunisia IWM TR837

 Douglas Boston SAAF 24Sqn S Sugar running up its engines on an airfield in the North African desert IWM TR856

 Douglas Boston SAAF 24Sqn V AL683 based at Zuara Tripolitania IWM TR838

 Douglas Boston SAAF over the North African coast IWM TR844

 Martin Marylands SAAF 24Sqn undergoing maintenance at Ma'aten Bagush Egypt IWM CM1322

 SAAF 3Sqn pilots and ground crew celibrate their 101 victory on a captured Italian CR 42 IWM MH5886

 USAAF 41-36675 Curtiss P-40K Kittyhawk SAAF 2Sqn Maj DB Hauptfleisch DBH EV421 North Africa 1942 01

 USAAF 41-36675 Curtiss P-40K Kittyhawk SAAF 2Sqn Maj DB Hauptfleisch DBH EV421 North Africa 1942 0A

 USAAF 41-36675 Curtiss P-40K Kittyhawk SAAF 2Sqn Maj DB Hauptfleisch DBH EV421 North Africa 1942 0B

 

Curtiss P-40K Kittyhawk Mk III SAAF 2Sqn DBH Pilot D.B. Haupt-Fleisch EW421 North Africa 1942

Profile 01: Kittyhawk Mk III, EW421, SAAF, North Africa, 1942. Pilot: Major D.B. Haupt-Fleisch.

SAAF Kittyhawk I AL173 2Sqn DBQ flown by Lt Vernon Lindsay, Gambul. Libya 1 June 1942

Profile 00: Kittyhawk I AL173 of No 2 Sqn SAAF. flown by Lt Vernon Lindsay, Gambul. Libya 1 June 1942 A long-serving member of No 2 Sqn SAAF. Lindsay evemualty gained lour and two shared kills HIs first claim was on 7 June when, flyrng this aIrcraft near Blf Hachelm. he encountered four Bf 109s. In the resulting combat Lindsay hit one which he claimed as damaged. His first confirmed success came a week laler. AL 173 laler served with No 73 OTU on training duties untlt struck off charge on 22 February 1945.

Kittyhawk SAAF 4Sqn KJH Pilot John Waddy ET512 Egypt 1942

Profile 00: Kittyhawk IA ET512 of No 4 Sqn SAAF, flown by Flg Off John Waddy, LG 97, Egypt. 21 July 1942. After serving with Nos 250 and 260 Sqns. in which he claimed 11.5 kills, Australian John Waddy jomed No 4 Sqn SAAF in July 1942 and remained with it until early October. He made his lirst claim with the unit on 21 July when, flying ET512 on a bomber escort mission, he was credited with a probable dunng combat with Bf l09s. ET512 did not last long, however, crash landmg with combat damage on 8 August.

Curtiss P-40M Kittyhawk SAAF 5Sqn GLO FR817 Italy 1945

Curtiss Kittyhawk SAAF 4Sqn KJA Goubrine area of Tunisia 1943 IWM CNA773

Photo: Damaged Curtiss Kittyhawks under repair at a forward depot of the Advanced Salvage Unit in the Goubrine area of Tunisia. The wingless aircraft behind the set of wings is a Kittyhawk Mark I of No. 4 Squadron SAAF.

Source: Imperial War Museum IWM CNA 773 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205211986

Curtiss P-40M Kittyhawk SAAF 5Sqn Shirley III at LG 121 Egypt 1941 IWM CM2515

Photo: Lieutenant R Pare of No. 5 Squadron SAAF, sitting in the cockpit of his Curtis Tomahawk "Shirley III" at LG 121, Egypt. Pare joined the South African Permanent Force and attended the Military College as a Cadet. He was commissioned in the SAAF in April 1940 and posted to No. 1 Squadron SAAF, seeing action over East Africa until April 1941. After a period as an instructor in the Union, he joined 5 Squadron in December 1941. He was promoted commander of 'B' Flight on 31 May 1942, but was shot down and killed by Oberleutnant Hans-Joachim Marseille of I/JG27 near Bir Hacheim on 3 June, just after scoring his sixth victory.

Source: Imperial War Museum IWM CM 2515 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205211936

Curtiss Kittyhawk III SAAF 5Sqn GLO FR817 Lady Godiva at Mileni Foggia Italy IWM CNA2262

Photo: Curtiss Kittyhawk Mark III, FR817 'GL-O' "Lady Godiva", of No. 5 Squadron SAAF undergoes servicing at Mileni landing ground, north-east of Foggia, Italy.

Source: Imperial War Museum IWM CNA 2262 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205211977

Curtiss Kittyhawk III SAAF 5Sqn GLH FR781 at Vasto Italy IWM CNA2491

Photo: The outgoing Commanding Officer of No. 5 Squadron SAAF, Major E M Baker (left), standing by his Curtiss Kittyhawk Mark III, FR781 'GL-H' "Raynor", at Cutella, south of Vasto, Italy, accompanied by the Squadron Engineering Officer, Lieutenant W A Gillham. Having commanded the Squadron for five months Baker was repatriated to South Africa, but returned to Italy in May 1944 to serve on the staff of No. 239 Wing RAF. In the foreground is a 1,000-lb MC bomb on its trolley.

Source: Imperial War Museum IWM CNA 2491 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205211977

Douglas Boston SAAF 24Sqn S-Sugar running up its engines on an airfield in the North African desert IWM TR856

Photo: A Douglas Boston aircraft 'S-Sugar' of No 24 Squadron, South African Air Force running up its engines on an airfield in the North African desert.

Source: IWM TR 856 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205188520

Douglas Boston SAAF over the North African coast IWM TR844

Photo: South African Air Force Douglas Boston aircraft in flight over the North African coast.

Source: IWM TR 844 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205188512

Douglas Boston SAAF 24Sqn over the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tunisia IWM TR837

Photo: A formation of Douglas Boston aircraft of No 24 Squadron, South African Air Force flying over the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tunisia.

Source: IWM TR 837 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205188508

Douglas Boston SAAF 24Sqn V AL683 based at Zuara Tripolitania IWM TR838

Photo: Douglas Boston aircraft of No 24 Squadron, South African Air Force lined up at Zuara, Tripolitania. The nearest is AL683 Red V.

Source: IWM TR 838 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205188509

Martin Marylands SAAF 24Sqn undergoing maintenance at Ma'aten Bagush Egypt IWM-CM1322

Photo: Five Martin Marylands of the SAAF, overfly other aircraft undergoing maintenance at Ma'aten Bagush, Egypt. Maryland Mark II, AH336 'W', in the foreground, still painted in the RAF temperate camouflage scheme, is thought to have belonged to No. 24 Squadron SAAF.

Source: IWM CM 1322 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205212091

SAAF 3Sqn pilots and ground crew celibrate their 101 victory on a captured Italian CR 42 IWM-MH5886

Photo: Pilots and groundcrew of No 3 Squadron, South African Air Force, chalk up their 101st enemy aircraft shot down on the fuselage of a captured Italian CR 42 fighter.

Source: IWM MH 5886 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205206167