Robbie Robinson Photographs

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