These photographs originate from the private albums of ww2 SAAF fighter pilot Raymond Clark. It was kindly made available to me by his son, Pete Clark. I placed the photographs on this web site in order to share these gems to enthusiasts and the wider public as a gesture of homage to these brave men of past glory. Please respect the copy rights 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
1) 1942,
self on armoured car course, A.T.W. Lyttleton, on Jannie Smuts farm, Irene
2) 1943
Primary gliding course, Quagga’s Poort, Near ISCOR
5) 1943
Primary gliding course, Quagga’s Poort, Near ISCOR
8 Tiger Moth: elementary flying training
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a18 At the pool
a19 Calrk - Ready for the off
a20 Clark - Take off
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a22 Clark in Formation
a23 Coming in to land
a24 Flight Prep
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a26 Glider Winch
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a30 Kite Pilots
a31 Landing
a32 Pool Olympian
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a43 RE Clark Airborne
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10) 1943,
1 November, Passing Out Course, Bloemspruit, Bloemfontein
Middle East, Italy, Balkans, RAF 1435 Squadron
11) George
Paxton and self, Egypt, 1943
12) Probably OTU pilots group photo
16) Foggia
Italy, 1944, Flight Officer Brian Bonnifant
(New Zealand), self
17) A
press photo of our squadron pilots in Italy, 1944
20) Taormina
Sicily, July 1944, Taking things easy on the beach, Left to Right, OL Tennant,
Brown, self
21) 1943,
View from Officer’s rest camp, Taormina, Sicily
23) Vis.
F/O Les Marshall and self visiting Vis harbour. May 1944.
26) 1435 Squadron Boys at Brindisi, S. Italy, April 1944.
Left to Right, Joe Leggett (RCAF), Joe Gunn
(RAF), Joe Rushmere (RAF, 3 confirmed kills), Jack English (RAF), Knobby Clark
(SAAF) 30) Taormina,
Sicily. July, 1944, Joe Leggett and self on shingle beach at rest camp
32) 1435
Sqdn. Officers Mess at Brindisi, taken from the back
33) Grottalgie,
Winter 1944. Jerry built wooden huts occupied by us
34) Falconara,
Ancona, N Italy. 1435 Sqdn. Officers Mess.
35) 1435 SQDN. OFFICERS MESS BRINDISI
Back Row L to R: F/Sgt.
English, W/O Rushmere,
Lt. Olie
Tennant,
W/O Leggett
Front Row L to R: Lt. Clark, F/Sgt.
Gunn
36) “Old faithful” at end of tour
37) Island of Vis, Dalmatian Coast
Back Row: R Pittard
(SAAF), Chappel
(NZ), OL Tennant (SAAF)
Front Row: Gerke (Aus), R
Clark (SAAF), Dave Slade (Aus)
38) GROTTAGLIE – ITALY 1944
L to R: C.O. Jack Meaker,
Maj., P/O Tom Cooper, Self
39) Self.
A.T.W. Lyttleton, 1942
41) TAORMINA – SICILY, Jul ‘44
Rest Camp hotel:
L to R: Self, Joe Legget,
OL Tennant
45) M.O.T.H
March Past Royal Family, Town Hall Durban, 19/4/1947, Leading “old timers”,
second SAAF Association
48) Dan
Pienaar’s funeral, Roberts Heights, 1942
40) Rome,
Vatican City, on leave, May 1945
52) Walking
down Via Dolorosa while on leave in Rome, 6/05/1945
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b3 1435 Sqdn Detachment Soccer Team
b4 1944
b5 Blimp Air Defence
b6 Catania - Sciliy W_O Brown on duty with Silver Spirit
b7 Clark - outside the Mess
b8 Clark
b9 Falconara - _D_ for Don at Dispersal
b10 Falconara - _OPS GHARRY_ and time keeper on PSP Dispersal
b11 Falconara - Dispersal
b12 Falconara - Jerry Kite ME109
b13 Falconara - Jerry ME109 piloted by Czech Pilot Flew over from Austria to give himself up. Two others after him followed suit.
b14 Falconara - Jerry ME109
b15 Falconara - ME109
b16 Falconara - N Italy - Mar 45 One of Sqdn Kites on PSP at Dispersal
b17 Falconara - Sqdn Dispersal
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b18 Falconara (Near Ancona) - Sqdn Kite ready for a show at Dispersal
b19 Falconara D for Don
b20 Falconara Die Sprinbok Petshell - All Bombed Up
b21 Girls tent
b22 Grottaglie - Chaps standing next to Kite - Taken during a compass swing
b23Grottaglie Italy - OI Tennant feeling slightly cold
b24 Catania July 44 - Sqdn Kites - Two Silver Spits Mk IX's on standby
b25 Falconara April 44 - Ollie's Kite _d_ for Don
b26 Grottaglie 44 - Winco's Fairchild Ollie and I flew from Naples to Grottaglie
b27 Grottaglie Xmas 44 - Burnt Officer's Mess
b28 Grottaglie Xmas 44 - Near Toranto S. Italy Burnt out bar Officer's Mess
b29 Grottaglie Xmas 44 - Officer's Mess after a party _The Night Before_, liquid (bar) section completely burnt out, wartime disaster
b30 Itie Cobra coming in wheel and flaps down locked
b33 Mozzie on AAL Far Malta 256 SQDN
b36 Ollie standing next to replacement Fort at Grottaglia
b37 On Vis (Dalmation Is near Split) - Yugoslav partisans and Vanjye
b39 R E Clark at Roma 8 May 45
b40 Self - Promenade Alexandria 19 Feb 44
b41 Sqdn Boys at Musso's Column Brindisi April 44 LtoR The 3 Famous Joe's and Jack
b44 Sqdn Boys on Vis Anti Recce Detachment BR LtoR F_Sgt Gus Miller DFC Joe Rushmere Sgt
b47 SQDN KITE - SPIT MK V
b48 Sqdn replacement kite at Brindisi
b49 Straits of Pantelleria 1941
b51 Tail of a Fort at Grottaglie
b52 Taormina Sicily - A couple of Wrens we met from Malta on leave
b53 TAORMINA - Giardino Duca di Bronte 1937 Post Card
b63Venturi taking off at Kasanna
b65 VIS - 1435 Detachment - F_Lt Jerking Gerke Dronk prior to going to Rome on leave
b66 Vis - Looking down on Vis harbour
b67 Vis - Yugoslavia 1944 - MT Driver
b68 Vis 44 - Wimpy carrying supplies overshot runway and pancaked in grapevines
b69 Vis 1944 - Emergency landing of Yank Flying Fortress after mission over Austria
b70 Vis Detach of 1435 Sqdn
b71 Vis Detachment 1435 SQDN
b73 VIS May 44 Female Partisan and Jug
b75 VIS- Yug - Young Pit the boys out on a spot of shouting practice
