Robbie Robinson Photographs

 

 Photographs:  

Robinson, Lt. McClellan Eric Sutton "Robbie", DFC

Operational service: 

1 Sqn. North Africa, Sicily, Malta 1942-1943

Credit for this copy: SAAF museum Swartkops, thanks to Alan Taylor













 

 

These photographs originate from the archives of the SAAF museum. It was kindly made available to me by the museum staff. 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 2016


Dear Sir,
I 'm making a documentary for H.R.N.S. ADRIAS (L67) for educational and NON profit purposes.
Destroyer "Adrias" of Hellenic Royal Navy, was operating in the Mediterranean during the WWII, and rescued a pilot of SAAF near Catania (Italy). The pilot was Lt. Robbie Robinson (as it appears in his Log book too) on July 14th, 1943.
I wish to ask your permission to use some of his photos included in his album. I would also wish to know, if you have any interview of the overmentioned pilot, talking about his rescue by the Greek ship.
Thanking you in advance,

sincerely yours

Nikolaos Papadopoulos

P.S.  Information about H.R.N.S. ADRIAS, you can find at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_destroyer_Adrias

 

CIRE 


 COOKS


 Venturas


 

 Robbie


 Hurricane with external fuel tanks


 Hurricanes


 Hurricane


 1 Squadron Hurricane


 Ammo boxes, Hurricane


 Hurricane


 

 "CIRECOOKS"  Eric's Hurricane


 AX-O, Eric's Hurricane


 Battle damage


 

 Battle damaged Hurricane flown by "Vis" Salmon 


  Battle damaged Hurricane flown by "Vis" Salmon 


 ?, Air Marshal Tedder, Maj. "Lemmie"  Lemessurier, OC 1 sqdn


 ?


 

  Maj Lemmie in light shirt


 Tedder?



 

  Squadron Engineering officer Capt "Red" Connor with squadron dogs Daba and Chum.


 Bob Peel, Donald Brebner

 ?, Tom Philips, ?


 Bomb Finney, Hannes Faure with puppy Daba or Chum


 ?, Doug Rogan


 Bob Peel


 ?


 ?, Andrew "Junior" Tyrrell, Robbie, ?,?


 

 Robbie


 

 

 1 Squadron AX-X Spitfire V set up for gun harmonizing


 Spitfire V


 Robbie's AC CireCooks III


 

 Machhi 202 fighter


 Captured Me Bf-109 F


 BF-109


 Captured Ju 87, swastika on tail removed probably for souvenir


 Me BF-110


 Ju-88


 Me Bf-109 F


 Fiat CR-42


 Ju 87


 Me Bf-110


Fiat BR-20?


 CR-42


 Me Bf-109 F


 CR-42, Bob Peel on the right


 Ju 87


 He-111


 Bf-109 F


 German cemetery


 Kittyhawk RAF squadron


 Captured Bf-109


 Boston Bomber


 1 Squadron Spit V


 US glider?


 Captured German ac?


 Robbie, CR-42


 4 Squadron Kittyhawk/Tomahawk


 German Pzkw-4


 Robbie


 He-111


 Lemmie on the right


 Christmas lunch 1942?

Voss on the left, Brebner in middle


 

 "Pops" Voss left


 

 Bob Peel


 Harry Gaynor, Lipawsky?, Rogan, Bushy Langerman,?


 

 

 

 

Savoia Marchetti 79


 

 SM-79 and Macchi C-202 fighter


 ?


 Beaufighter


 Robbie, Spit V


 

 Spit V


 Robbie's Spit V


 

 Spit V


Accident at El Hasseiat 4 Dec 1942. Note red painted wing tip (top pic) as was granted practice of SAAF 1 sqdn until the end of the war.


 Spit V


 Camo nets over Spits


 

 

 

 

 1 Squadron's captured Bf-109 F Blades tipped the ground hence bent forward.


 1 Squadron's captured Bf-109 F


 1 Squadron's captured Bf-109 F


 1 Squadron's captured Bf-109 F


 1 Squadron's captured Bf-109 F


 Captured Ju-87


 Bf-109


 Ju-87


 Fiat G-50


 1 Squadron's captured Bf-109 F


 SM-81 bomber


 Ju-87


 Panzer Mk4


 Beaufort light bomber


 US B25 Bomber


 DC-3


 DC-3


 Walrus sea rescue plane


 Harmonizing guns: Spit V


 1 Squadron's captured Bf-109 F


 Officers Mess


 Walrus, Robbie


 Boston Bombers


 Lysander recce plane


  bomber

 Boston


 Mine detecting, engineers


 40mm AA Oerlikon?


 German 88mm AT/AA


 

 

 

 

 

 Gazelle hunting


 BF-109's


 1 Squadron's captured Bf-109 F


 Bf-109's


 Bf-109


 He-111


 Bf-109


 

 

 40mm AA


 Robbie's mount


 Spit V


 CireCooks VI


 

 

 Spit V


 Spit V


 US Aircobras


 Me-323 giant transporter


 

 Kittyhawk with 7 wing logo, KJ is SAAF 4 squadron ID


 B-17 bomber


 German Henschel ground attack aircraft


 Robbie


 van Nus on left


 Bob Peel, Robbie, ?


 Robbie center


 

 

 

 

 Harry Gaynor


 

 

 

 

 

 Captured guns, PAK-40, 88mm at back


 POW's


 B-17 nose


 

 Me-323


 Me- 323


 Harry Gaynor, Snowy Moody


 Cape Corps


 

 

 1 Squadron's captured Bf-109 F


 

 

 CireCooks VIII AX-8


 5.5 kill marks


 AX-8


 Spit V


 B-25


 AX-8


 FW-190


 Bruce Rose-Christie, ?, ?, Robbie. ?


 Robbie


 Robbie


 Robbie


 LtR: Cecil Golding, Stinky Lanham, ?, Robbie, ?


 Robbie


 

 Robbie


 Wickener


 Robbie, Bob Peel


 Broadhurst?, King, Monty, ?,?


 

 Lt "Babe" Brent, Killed by accident on ground 29/4/1943


 Phyllis. Robbie's one daughter?


 Hurricane


 Hurricane


 German Glider Gotha-242


 

 

 Wickener left, Golding middle, Rogan and Robbie right


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