Links or Books about SA pilots

[Hard Sarge]

Hi Gang

the SAAF is one of the HARD areas for me so far, anybody have any links or know of any books that detail them ?

the trouble is Aces are simi easy to find, it is the common guys that are HARD to find stuff on

[von Shagmeister]

Squadrons of the South African Air Force and their aircraft 1920-2005, by Steven McLean: ISBN 0-9584929-4-8

Good general history on each unit (location, a/c etc), but no detailed lists of C/Os or pilots, though many are mentioned in various actions.

SAAF OoB for 17Aug43 I sent you last year was made up from data taken from the book.

I think I paid £65 new but I believe it was only a limited print run, so getting hold of a copy may be very expensive, especially in $ terms.

It's on my list of things to do. As I say I've gone through and worked out the OoB but I've yet to go through each Sqn and make bio details on the pilots.

[Hard Sarge]

I lost all of that when my HD crashed

I was at least smart enough to have back up and work from my extranal drive for the game, but all my data was stored on my main HD

[Hard Sarge]

havn't been thinking too well, since I got the email, I should still have the attachments

I was able to redownload it !!!!

[von Shagmeister]

Just in case you didn't manage to retrieve the dat I saved a copy that I sent.
 
 
 
[font="times new roman"]Here is the data on the SAAF Sqns relevant to BTR [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Unless otherwise stated everything relates to 17Aug43[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Unit; Base; Aircraft; Status; HQ; Notes[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]1 Sqn SAAF; Lentini-West, Sicily; Spitfire V/VIII/IX; Operational; 244 Wg[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]2 Sqn SAAF; Palermo, Sicily (arrived 18Aug43); Spitfire Vb/Vc; In transit, arrived Palermo 18Aug43, 1st mission 23Aug43 (from Pachino-South); 7 Wg SAAF[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]3 Sqn SAAF; Bari, Italy (arrived 21Aug44); Spitfire LF.IX; arrived Bari 21Aug44, 1st mission 13Oct44 (from Fano, Italy); 8 Wg SAAF < DAF[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]4 Sqn SAAF; Pachino-South, Sicily (arrived 22Aug43); Spitfire Vb/IX; In transit, arrived Pachino-South 22Aug43, 1st mission 23Aug43; 7 Wg SAAF[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]5 Sqn SAAF; Ben Gardine, Tunisia; Kittyhawk III; Operational (transferred to Agnone, Sicily 29Aug43); 239 Wg; Kittyhawks very poor serviceability[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]7 Sqn SAAF; Trigno, Italy (arrived 11Apr44); Spitfire IX; arrived Trigno 11Apr44, 1st mission 15Apr44; 7 Wg SAAF[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]11 Sqn SAAF; Perugia, Italy (arrived 26Sep44); Kittyhawk IV; arrived Perugia 26Sep44, 1st mission 20Oct44; 8 Wg SAAF < DAF[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]12 Sqn SAAF; Hal Far, Malta; Boston III; Operational; 3 Wg SAAF[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]15 Sqn SAAF; Falconara, Italy (arrived 17Aug44); Baltimore III/IV; arrived Falconara 17Aug44, 1st mission 20Aug44; 253 Wg[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]16 Sqn SAAF; Campomarino, Italy (arrived 11Aug44); Beaufighter X; arrived Campomarino 11Aug44, 1st mission 13Aug44; 283 Wg < BAF[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]19 Sqn SAAF; Campomarino, Italy (reformed 15Aug44 from 227 Sqn); Beaufighter VIc; Operational; 283 Wg < BAF[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]21 Sqn SAAF; Hal Far, Malta; Boston III; Operational; 3 Wg SAAF[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]24 Sqn SAAF; Hal Far, Malta; Boston III; Operational; 3 Wg SAAF[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]25 Sqn SAAF; Campomarino, Italy (arrived ~25Aug44); Ventura, PV-1; arrived Campomarino ~25Aug44, 1st mission 30Aug44; 254 Wg < BAF[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]30 Sqn SAAF; Pescara, Italy (formed 12Aug44 from 223 Sqn); Marauder III (x16); arrived Pescara 12Aug44, 1st mission 25Aug44; 3 Wg SAAF[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]31 Sqn SAAF; LG237(Kilo 40)-Gebel Hamzi (arrived 4/44); Liberator VI; arrived Gebel Hamzi Apr44, 1st mission 21May44; 2 Wg < 205 Grp[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]34 Sqn SAAF; Celone, Italy (arrived 05Jul44); Liberator VI; arrived 05Jul44, 1st mission as Bomber 21Jul44, as RCM 15Aug44; 2 Wg < 205 Grp[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]40 Sqn SAAF[/font]
[font="times new roman"]‘A’+’B’ Flts; San Francesco, Sicily; Spitfire Vb; Operational; 285 Wg; TacR role[/font]
[font="times new roman"]‘C’ Flt; Sorman, Libya (Tripolitania); Spitfire Vb; Operational; 285 Wg; TacR role[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]60 Sqn SAAF[/font]
[font="times new roman"]‘B’ Flt; Ariana, Tunisia; Mosquito F.II (x2), FB.VI (x1), PR.IX (x1); Operational; ?North African PR Wg or 9th Air Force?; very short of aircraft, early Mosquito models locally modified to accept cameras. [/font]
[font="times new roman"]‘A’ Flt; Ariana, Tunisia (arrived Sep43); Baltimore, Mosquito PR.IX; arrived Sep43, 1st mission Sep43?; ?North African PR Wg?[/font]
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