Photographs:
Capt. Robert Abbott Fenner
Armourer
Operational service:
North Africa, 7 squadron, 1942 - 1943
Italy, SAAF 7 wing, 1943 - 1944
Credit: thanks to Capt. Fenner's sons, Bill- and Bob, who made contact with me and kindly posted to me this huge collection of photographs to be scanned.
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
7 Squadron Hurricanes
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7 Squadron staff/pilots
16 Japie, the little baboon and squadron mascot, later accidentally killed by a guard.
17 Lt Dave King, 7 sqdn pilot, killed 20/6/1943
18 Dot, squadron dog
19 Lt Pieter van Deventer, one of the pilots who participated in the Cos operation.
20 Pieter and Dot.
21 Lt Einer Rorvic, Killed 28/9/1943 during Cos operation.
22 Lt Denis "Snoek" Fisher, participated in Cos operation
23 Lt Fisher near Derna. Note the Allied vehicle used by the Luftwaffe JG-27.
24 Fisher
25 Barry? Gary? on the left, caption unclear
26 Gary?
27 Gary?
28 Lt John "Red" Taylor, participated Cos operation
30) Taylor
31 Japie
32 Japie
33 Japie
34 Lt Gus Ground, participated in Cos operation
35 Lt. Colin Rosholt capt honey knocked out by him
Lt Aubrey Colin Rosholt..Killed 12/2/1943
36 Founding officers of 7 squadron
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38 Breakfast
39 Unidentified pilot
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41 Squadron officers 1943
42 T Hitchcock
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51 van Deventer, adj, OC, self, adam, Dean
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53 Lt Charles "Bill" Lovemore, KIFA 1943
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55 Dave King after shooting down a Ju-88
56 Adj at El Adem
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58 Walter Stanford
59 On the road, self in jeep
60 Lt George Wilkson, pilot
61 Benghazi, doc
62 Chris, adj
63 Jan Blaauw, tent blown away
64 Maj and Chris
65 Lt Chas Paull , POW 1944
66 Ray Burl, DFC, participated in Cos operation
67 7 squadron soccor team?
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70 Ray Burl
71 Rorvic
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Captured Me Bf-109 restored to flyable condition. Today displayed at the military museum in Johannesburg
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Hurricane IId with 40mm canon ground attack demonstration
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7 Squadron's private tank
106 Italian tank fixed and used by the squadron for social transport, the turret was removed.
107 Start-up
108 Engine
Axis aircraft wrecks
108 Breda 88
109 Glider
110 109
111 Taylor with a 109
112 Ju-88
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119 Breda 88 Benina
120 German bomber
121 Glider
122 Savoia
123 Breda-88
124 109
125 Ju-52
126 Ju-87
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135 Ju88
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Axis vehicles and guns
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170 PzII
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178 Cap Crusader tank
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180 Italian POW
181 demolition
182 breakdown at daba
183 camp
184 officer's mess Benina
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193 mobile workshop Vichy French
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210 Honey..struck a mine?
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217 Grant tank
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222 Transvaal scottish bardia
223 banu pass
224 Barce
225 Bardia
226 Bardia
227 Benghazi
228 Benghazi
229 Buq-Buq
230 Derna
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232 Littnia
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235 Littnia
236 Mersa Matruh
237 Haifa
238 convoy down the pass
239 dizengoff tel aviv
240 Marble arch
241 top of pass where road had been blown up
242 Navy in Haifa
243 Tripoli
244 Tel Aviv
245 Mersa Natruh
246 Oil in Haifa
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250 Sousse
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258 Tobruk
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263 Derna