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The RAF Tourist in 1941

41-A-01 May 13, 1941. Enlistment Notice commonly known as the “papers”. Many conversations included the phrase “he has got his papers”.

41-A-02 May 13, 1941. Reverse side of Enlistment Notice

41-A-03 Alan between two photographer friends, Con Condor and Fletch Fletcher, with a Bristol Blenheim MK 4 at 211 Squadron. (Wadi Gazouza, Sudan, December 25, 1941)

41-A-04 Alan with Fletch and Blenheim (Wadi Gazouza, Sudan December 25, 1941)

41-A-05 Blenheim at Wadi Gazouza (Wadi Gazouza, Sudan December 1941)

41-A-06 Crossing the Equator ceremony on a troop ship.The occasion was ignored on my troopship.September 1941.

41-A-07 H.M.S.Battle Cruiser Repulse which escorted us round the Cape in September 1941. (Her voyage did not end in Cape Town but, sadly, a few months later at the bottom of the South China Sea alongside the battleship :Prince of Wales)

41-A-08 HMS Repulse at Capetown. (Capetown, South Africa September 1941)

41-A-09 Issue of Service number at R.A.F. Padgate (Warrington, Lancashire 1941)

41-A-10 Aden 1941.

41-B-01 HMT Georgic in Port Tewfik harbour, Egypt October 1941. The English renegade (nicknamed Lord “Haw Haw”) who broadcast propaganda from Germany claimed that it had been sunk which we denied. When I saw it it was obvious that the only reasonit had not sunk was that the water was too shallow.

41-B-02 “Flyer” for camp cinema at Kasfareet, Egypt October1941

41-B-03 Aerial photograph of R.A.F.Wadi Gazouza, Sudan 1941

A41-B-04 Alan in Egypt, 1941

41-B-05 Holding a pet chameleon on a stick. It was very useful picking flies off your stomach as you lay on your bed. 1941

41-B-06 Our tent on sandy scrubland. 1941

41-B-07 Rocky outcrop nearby. 1941

41-B-08 In Sinkat a little village nearby. 1941

41-B-09 Sinkat. 1941

41-B-10 Sinkat. (BO4 to B10were all taken around Wadi Gazouza 1941

41-C-01 Christmas Menu. December 1941

41-C-02 The back of the Christmas Menu. December 1941

41-C-03 A dust devil passing though camp at Wadi Gazouza, Sudan. 1941

41-C-04 Pilot’s cockpit of a Blenheim Mk. IV

41-C-05 Navigator’s station of a Blenheim Mk. IV

41-C-06 The loss of a Blenheim at Wadi Gazouza. Providentially the crew survived.

41-C-07 Medical Assessment.

41-C-08 Bristol Blenheim Mk1V at Wadi Gazuza 1941

41-C-09 Blenheim taxying at Wadi Gazuza 1941

41-C-10 Mustapha our dobhi wallah at wadi gazouza 1941

41-D-01 Waddi Gazousa, Sudan, 1941

The RAF Tourist in 1942

42-A-01 Alan at 72 O.T.U. Nanyuki. (Nanyuki,Kenya 1942)

42-A-02 Main Street, Nanyuki. ( Kenya 1942)

42-A-03 Camel train in Khartoum, March 1942

42-A-04 Mosque in Khartoum. March 1942

42-A-05 Sandstone outcrop at Kassala, Sudan on my way to Asmara,Eritrea 1942.

42-A-06 German Junkers JU52 freighter aircraft of the South African Air Force (formerly belonging to South African Airways) at Eastleigh, Nairobi after flying from Khartoum in April, 1942

42-A-07 Thika Station on the line from Nairobi to Nanyuki. April 1942

42_A-08 Train winding its way from Nairobi to Nanyuki. Taken from one of the rear coaches. April 1942

42-A-09 Christmas menu.

42-A-10 Signatures on the back of the menu.

42-B-01 Convoy at Tessinie. April 1942

42-B-02 A well on the Nile near Khartoum. April 1942

42-B-03 De Bono Avenue, Asmara, Eritrea.February 1942

42-B-04 A morbid session on New year’s Eve 1942, fueled by Canadian Club Whiskey. ( Occasionally depression set in. This was one of those occasions.)

42-B-05 Asmara- Dessie road: Alomata Pass ( mt. 2450) In the background: Cobbo Plain (mt. 1400). February 1942

42-B-07 Seeing the sights of Nairobi, Kenya.1942

42-B-08 Outside the billet at Wadi Gazouza. After 211 squadron left we transferred from tents to the billets. January 1942

42-B-09 Native village Kenya 1942.

42-B-10 Nanyuki 1942.

42-C-01 F08 Junkers JU52 freighter at Eastleigh, Nairobi. Alan travelled from Wadi Gazouza to Khartoum then to Nanuki, Kenya in this plane. 1942

42-C-02 Alan, nervously lighting up a morning smoke for Lucy. Nanyuki, Kenya 1942

42-C-03 Kenya 1942

42-C-04 Kenya 1942

42-C-05 Kenya 1942

42-C-06 Outspan Hotel, Nyeri, Kenya 1942

42-C-07 These are bedrooms at the Outspan Hotel in Nyeri , Kenya. 1942

42-C-08 Kenya 1942

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42-C-10 Douglas Boston and Bristol Blenheim under repair at Nanyuki.1942

42-D-01 Con, Bunnie, Self and Fletch ready to start a ride up the lower slopes of Mount Kenya at Raymond Hooks farm Nanyuki. 1942

42-D-02 Splendid Hotel Dar es Salaam June 1942

42-D-03 Dick Smith with snake while on leave at farm near Naivasha 1942

42-D-04 With a Thompson`s gazelle I shot on a farm near Nanyuki 1942I had to skin it and take the meat to the cookhouse on camp to supplement the rations.

42-D-05 At the Outspan Hotel, Nyeri, Kenya 1942 while on a 48 hour pass

42-D-06 Towards the end of a long, 12 miles trek after zebra. The 303 Lee (lent by a farmer) was weighing very heavy by this time Nanyuki 1942.

42-D-07 George and I and part of the armoury. On leave at a farm at Naivasha, Kenya. 1942

42-D-08 Road sign in Kenya 1942

42-D-09 Ready to hunt while on leave on a farm at naivasha. 1942

42-D-10 Hunting zebra or gazelle near Nanyuki. 1942

42-E-01 A bullock cart we met when out hunting. 1942

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The RAF Tourist in 1943

43-A-01 Bill, George, Alan & Don. John pouring the bottle. Christmas Day 1943. Temperature 100deg F.

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43-C-04 Outside billet, Worth, Clayton, Moore, Whittingham, Airey – in front Shirley, Foxon. Dar es Salaam, 1943

43-C-05 On the road journey between Morogoro and Kosogive when going on leave. Tanganyika. 1943. Refreshment stop on road journey from Kosogive to Morogoro, Tanganika 1943. This was filling the gap in the railway between Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.

43-C-06 At the controls of the blitz wagon. An 11 year old International trruck on farm at Naivasha ( The first vehicle I ever drove.) 1943

43-C-07 Patel Trading Store on the main and only street in Nanyuki, Kenya.1943

43-C-08 Outside the billet at RAF Station Dar es Salaam, 1943

43-C-09 Engine maintenanceon a Sunderland Mk 111 possibly at Dar es Salaam1943

43-C-03 After a very painful trot on the lower slopes of Mount Kenya. 1943

43-C-02 Housewives near Nanyuki, Kenya.1943

43-C-01 Kenya 1943

43-B-10 I think that there are a couple of ostrich in there somewhere.Kenya 1943

43-B-09 Giraffe, Kenya, 1943

43-B-08 Ostrich, Kenya, 1943

43-B-07 Kenya 1943

43-B-06 Kenya 1943

43-B-05 Kenya 1943

43-B-04 F10 Native village Kenya.

43-B-03 F09 Billets at nanyuki with Mount Kenya faintly in the background.

43-B-02 F07 RAF Station Nanyuki from the air.

43-A-06 C04 Douglas Boston at Nanyuki. These replaced some of our Blenheims.

43-A-07 C06 Riding at Raymond Hook’s farm on the lower slopes of Mount Kenya.

43-A-08 D03 Squadron crest. The tiger and the palm tree were cribbed from a beer bottle label.

43-A-09 F03 Mount Kenya.

43-A-10 F05 Signs at Nanyuki, Kenya.

43-B-01 F06 Sign of a hotel that was normally out of bounds to lower ranks. I visited it once. On the bar was a brass plate with a line across which was alleged to be the equator.

43-A-02 Alan with Norman Worth at Dar es Salaam. November 1943. (Note sleepy expression due to long service overseas.)

43-A-03 Headquarters staff at 70 OTU, Nanyuki, 1943

The newspaper clipping above is dated November 27, 1943

43-A-05 Interior of the billet with mosquito nets at Dar es Salaam. 1943

The RAF Tourist in 1944

44-A-01 Short Sunderland. (Lake Koggala,Ceylon 1944 )

44-A-03 Consolidated Catalina over our bathing place behind a coral reef at Koggala.(Newspaper cutting) (Lake Koggala,Ceylon 1944 )

44-A-02 Shop by roadside near Koggala. (Lake Koggala,Ceylon 1944 )

44-A-04 Aden, February 1944

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44-A-06 This photograph has a stamp on the back by Aden Security dated 16 February 1944.

44-A-07 Christmas Dinner Menu, December 1944.

44-A-08 New year’s Eve Dinner Menu December 1944

44-A-09 Signatures on the back of the New year’s Eve Dinner Menu. December 1944

The RAF Tourist in 1945

45-A9 Swe Dagon Pagoda Rangoon. The 110 m high Swe Dagon Pagoda, looking down onto the city from a hill. Its surface is plaited with over 30 tons of gold, brought since hundreds of years by millions of pilgrims. It dates back 2500 years. According to the legend, it was built by two merchant brothers that have received eight hairs of Buddha. With the help of a number of heavenly creatures and the king they discovered the hill where in a small chamber the relics of other Buddhas have been enshrined. They added the new hairs and covered the chamber with a golden slab.

45-A8 Inside the courtyard of the swe dagon pagoda, rangoon. The airman on the extreme left is the only photo of me in Burma. 1945

45-A6 A Rupee note produced by Japan.(1945)

45-A5 India 1945

45-A2 D08 An earlier make of Sunderland.

45-A3 E10 Lord Louis Mountbatten visiting us at Koggala to give us a pep talk.

45-A1 D07 Sunderland Mark 111 at anchor.

The RAF Tourist in 1946

46-A-02 Final payment on leaving the Air Force. November 1946

46-A-01 January 1946

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