Photographs:
Album archived under the name "Whelman", definitely not a pilot
2 Squadron
East Africa 1941
North Africa 1941
Credit: Thanks to SAAF museum Swartkops especially to Allan Taylor.
Absolute fantastic set of crisp photographs but unfortunately no captions. All captions here are attempted identification.
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
1 Hurricane Mk I
2 Lt A.R. “Jimmy” James (engineering officer)?
3 Lt Adrean Colenbrander, later to become OC of 2 sqn but KIA 1942
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5 Alf Masson
6 Capt Jack Meaker, later to become OC of RAF 1435 sqn,
7) 2 sqn pilots: Standing from the left are Jack Phillips, Adrian Colenbrander, Stan Wells, Doug Pannell, F/Lt Blake, Capt S.E. Featherstone (Adj), Maj. Truter (OC), Tony Field, J.A. Kok, R.A. Gerneke, G.L. McBride, and E.A. Jarvis. In front are, from the left, D.R.F. van Blerk, Lt A.R. “Jimmy” James (engineering officer), Tom Condon, Jappie Wiese, RK Stephenson, P.H. Smith, and W.P. Stanford (behind).
8 Dennis van Blerk
9 Lt. Doug Loftus, later to become OC of SA 7 wing
10 P de J Fritz?
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13 R.A. Gerneke
14 ?
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17 RK Stephenson ?
18 Captain Gilbert Leonard McBride (on photo still Lt.)
Message received June 2016
Hello Tinus le Roux Having just come across your really great web page http://saafww2pilots3.yolasite.com/whelman.php, we immediately recognised a photo of my grandpa’s baby brother: Captain Gilbert Leonard McBride, who was killed over Sicily on 3 July 1943, aged 23. He is picture No 18: You have him – erroneously - as ‘RK Stephenson?’ In pic No 7 (one I have already) – you will see that he is the G.L.McBride who is second from the right at the back. This is him on my Family Tree: https://www.geni.com/people/Capt-Gilbert-Leonard-McBride/6000000005777351270 It was such a delight to see a full photo of his face staring out at us from the screen. My Grandpa remembered him all his life, but we only have 3 pics of him – and none of them as good as this one. Thank you so much for sharing it. Can I ask permission to save it and show it to the rest of our family on FaceBook? Sharon Doubell
19 B Guest
20 Japie Wiese
21 Vernon "Tony" Field
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24 JSR 'Stan' Wells ?
25 Doug Pannell, KIA 1941
26 Lt Terry Whelehan, kia 1942
27 Dick Clifton
28 W P Stanford
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31 Tom Condon, ?,?,?
32 Gerneke, Whelehan, Meaker, Guest
33 Condon, Townshend-Smith, E.A. "Tuppy" Jarvis, Botha, Talbot, Driver, Burger
34 W P Stanford , R K Stevenson (R)
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37 Guest, Colenbrander, Fritz, PKQ Rushmere
38 Kok?
39 Kok?
40 front row: Masson, ?, Loftus
2nd row: de Fritz, ?, Whelehan, ?
back row: ?,?,? Stanford
41 Loftus on the right
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51 front: Tommy Irvine, ?
back: ?,?
52 Welehan right
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64 ?,?,?, Colenbrander,?,?,Truter,?,?,?.?
65 ?,?,Truter, Tedder. Bob Preller
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67 Truter left
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69 AOC Tedder
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71 Tedder, Truter
72 ?, Tedder, Truter ,
