R H Preller Photographs

Photograph Album

Preller, Lt Col R H 


Operational Service:

East Africa 1940 - 1941


Credit: Thanks to SAAF museum Swartkops Allen Taylor


 These photographs was kindly made available to me by the SAAF museum. 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

February 2016

 

 

 

1)  250 pounders


2) Capronis at Jimma get a salvo of eight 


3) An incendiary in between transports at Neghelli.


4) Dispersed Savoia 81's at Scia Sciamanna


5) Mogadiscio airfield HQ


6  The famous vehicle park attack



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13  Officer's mess, Archer's Post


14  Squadron commander Wajir


15) 250 lb bombs dump. Archer's Post


16) Jannie de Wet, John Lindsay, Archer's Post


17) Living tent


18) Battle 914 getting a new motor


19  "Butch" Archer's Post


20) On the airfield


21) 500 Gal fuel on the airfield.


22) Archer's Post August 1940


23) LG at Habaswein. Lots of dust!


24) Members of KAR inspecting the Battles.


25) Waiting for zero hour to attack Mogadiscio.


26) Gun practice while waiting


27)  Battle


28) Mogadiscio


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