Photographs:
Maclean, Capt Alan Delville "Jerks", DFC
Operational service:
1 Sqn. North Africa 1941-1942
81 Sqn RAF North Africa and Far East 1943-1944
Credit for this copy: Maclean family via Yuri Maree
These photographs originate from the private collection of Jerks Maclean. It was kindly made available by the Maclean family. Yuri Maree kindly scanned the photographs and I placed it on this web site in order to share these gems to enthusiasts and the wider public.
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Thanks
Tinus le Roux
February 2016
1 Allan on verandah at Clairemont
2 Jock de Kock and self
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6 Waterkloof
7 Hotel at Kasansa Northern Rhodesia
8 Main street in Malakal Sudan
9 Malakal Sudan
10 A few of our trucks on the move Sidi Haneish
11 Bar counter in mess LG 92 Sept 42
12 Beach at Bagush
13 Beach Easter Monday
14 Beyers El Adem
15 Billy Herbert in ...Martuba
16 Chaps having a swim in the Mediterranean (all nude)
17 Charles Willson at Fuka
18 Charles Willson in trench
19 Charles Willson one of the chaps in my tent
20 Crashlanded Albacore and torpedo of the Royal Navy at Gazala
21 Derna. Billy and self packing kit into my aircraft before going to El Adem
22 Derna
23 Discussing the flight right after landing
24 Edku LG near Alexandria
25 El Adem
26 El Maza (Almaza, base depot)
27 Faure and Beyers El Adem
28 Faure and the same mine. Sidi Haneish
29 Faure El Adem
30 Garry at LG 92 Sept 42
31 German Peoples' Car (Volkswagen)
32 Harry Gaynor after landing
33 HMS Battler
34 HMT Beresfjord
35 Hojem and Self Fuka
36 Hojem and Self Fuka
37 Hojem and Willson in trench Fuka
38 Hole made by mine Sidi Haneish beach
39 Hurricane diving on camp (The pilot is Allan Durose)
40 Hurricanes of No 1 (note aircraft in dust at back) July 1942 LG 92
41 Italian S.79 Seccombe Martuba
42 Jack Galyer taking off at LG 92 Sept 42
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46 Joan Kelly and co at LG 92 Sept 42
47 Joan Kelly and co at LG 92 Sept 42
48 Ju 52 at Derna
49 Ju 87 martuba
50 LtoR Lanham, Meek, Capt Metelerkamp, O'Farrell, Phillips
51 LtoR Pryde, Waugh, Faure, Powell, Laing
52 Major Metelerkamp and General Van Ryneveld
53 M-AX diving on the camp after the Stuka Party. I was close enough to identify the plane even though it does not show on the photograph
54 Me 109 F at Gazala
55 Me 109F at Gazala
56 Mess LG 92 Sept 42
57 Mess at Martuba
58 Mess bar
59 One of our aircraft (Hurricane) diving down on the camp
60 One of our Hurricanes taken in the air near Alexandria. Tom meek is the pilot
61 Our tent at Edku June 42
62 Outside the ops tent right after the flight and awaiting the reports
63 Powell and Herbert
64 Powell and Seccombe at crashed Ju 88 Martuba
65 Pryde and Faure on trench outside mess at El Adem
66 Ray Connell LG 92
67 Red O'Connor Bergesfjord
68 Robinson prang at Wadi Natrun Aug 1942 (28 Aug)
69 Rotol airscrew Hurricane Mk 2
70 Seccombe and crashed Me 109F Martuba
71 Seccombe and Italian G50 at Martuba
72 Seccombe on crashed Me 110 Martuba 2
73 Seccombe on Italian cycle outside mess at Martuba
74 Seccombe
75 Self and Hojem at Fuka
76 Self HMT Beresfjord
77 Self on Italian cycle at Martuba
78 Self outside tent at El Adem
79 Self outside tent next to a trench
80 Self-Tom Meek-Ray Connell-Lawrence Waugh-John Seccombe-Moon Collingwood-Tony Biden The boys who came home together waiting for plane to Cairo
81 Some of our chaps at the beach LtoR Robertson, Du Plessis, Willson, Major Baxter our CO, Waugh, Collingwood
82 Some of the boys HMT Beresfjord
83 Sonny at El Adem
84 Sonny
85 Swamps near Edku Alexandria
86 The Adjudant of No 1 Squadron Capt. P Bayly July 1942 LG 92
87 The beach on Easter Monday Sidi Haneish
88 The boys after a fight LG 92 July 42
89 The Boys Gazala 2
90 The rear turret of a Bombay bomber (rear gunner's seat) LG 90 Egypt
91 Truck at El Adem
92 Waugh, Biden, Simmons, Finney, MacRobert at Martuba
93 Willson Fuka
94 Willson Hojem Fuka
95 Aboukir near Alex
96 Alexandria from the air
97 Boys waiting outised officers Club in Cairo to catch car to aerodrome to come home
98 Congella
99 Entrance to SA Officers Club. Springbok Club in background
100 Faure in bed at the Officers Club Cairo
101 Garden in front of SA Officers Club Cairo
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103 Snap taken from Officers Club Cairo
104 Harvard
105 Bob and Van Selfen Alex July 45
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110 Missing Man formation at Jerks' funeral
111 Self and Van Selm Alex July 45
112 Stanley bay Alex July 1945
113 Stanley Bay Alexandria