Jan 9, 2016
Top scoring SAAF ace's log book uploaded.
Maj. John Everitt "Jack" Frost, DFC and Bar, top scoring SAAF fighter ace with 14 1/2 enemy aircraft shot down. He made his debut in East...
Aug 16, 2015
Jack van Eyssen, Warsaw supply drop hero.
Maj. Jack van Eyssen, DFC, was a 31 Squadron B-24 Liberator pilot. His aircraft was shot down in Poland on a supply drop mission during...
Aug 16, 2015
Last aircrew of our proud 24 Squadron interviewed.
Dick Hague was an Air Gunner on Boston bombers serving in North Africa 1941 - 1942. His aircraft was shot down by German Messerschmitts...
Jun 3, 2015
Jack Mossop: from a pilot in East Africa to wing commander in Italy
Jack was one of the stalwarts in the South African Air Force during WW2. He was a bomber pilot and served operationally from the very...
Jun 3, 2015
SA's own torpedo ace: Don Tilley tribute page
Lt. Col. Don Tilley was a Beaufort pilot seconded to the RAF. He was one of the "Malta Boys" who flew daring anti-shipping strikes and...
Apr 29, 2015
Desert fighter pilot Angus Farrall
The internet is a wonderful thing and this is how I have met Robin Farrall, the son of WW2 fighter pilot Capt. Angus Farrall. Robin sent...
Apr 29, 2015
Beaufighter pilot Lt. Paul Kruger interview
Paul was a SAAF 19 Squadron pilot but was shot down and captured right at the end of the war. See his tribute page with the interview...
Apr 29, 2015
New 5 Squadron pilot tribute page: Eric Johnson
See the personal war photographs and also a great war diary booklet written by Eric: "A Time to Remember" on the tribute page here.
Apr 29, 2015
SAAF WW2 Uniforms: Spectacular Collection
See the added page of our SAAF WW2 uniforms and insignia here with photographs kindly provided by Mark Naude of his collection .
Apr 28, 2015
Lt. Jack Orpen, recce pilot and squadron artist wrote a gripping war memoir
Jack's granddaughter sent me a fascinating account of her grandfather's WW2 experience with SAAF No. 40 squadron in North Africa 1942....
