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	SAAF Squadrons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		On 28 October 1999 the squadron was reactivated at AFB Bloemspruit to as an attack helicopter squadron, equipped with the new Rooivalk.
		Reformed in 1946 as a Ventura equipped bomber squadron at Swartkops, the squadron was renumbered as 25 Squadron on 1 January 1951.
		Aircraft of the SAAF, Herman Potgieter and Willem Steenkamp (Struik)
	www.saairforce.co.za /squadrons.htm (4530 words)

	BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SAAF AND 2 Sqdn
		The SAAF did not enter into the Empire Air Training Scheme, but on 1 August 1940, a Joint Air Training Scheme was adopted and proved such a brilliant success throughout the British Commonwealth that it ultimately became a nemesis for the Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica.
		The SAAF flew with the distinctive new Springbok in the centre of the roundel, introduced when 2 Squadron, was sent to Korea.
		On 30 November the squadron moved from Pyongyang further south to K-13 from where they were later evacuated further south to K-10, an airfield situated on the edge of a bay close to the town of Chinhae.
	www.18thfwa.org /units/2ndSqdnHist/Hist2SAAFContent.html (1831 words)

	SOUTH AFRICAN AIR ACES OF WORLD WAR II - No 10 - South African Military History Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		1 Squadron also received five more Mark I Hurricanes on this day at Azaza, 160 km (100 miles) northwest of Gallabat, where the rest of the unit was stationed, and two of them (272 and 273) were flown to Port Sudan late in the afternoon.
		Asmara fell on 1 April 1941 and Laurie Wilmot was found safe as a Prisoner of War in Adi Ugri but was sent to hospital in Agordat as he was suffering from dysentery.
		No.1 Squadron records showed 48 enemy aircraft destroyed, and 57 damaged, in combat, and although in RAF combat records it was not usual to list such claims, 53 destroyed on the ground, for the loss of six pilots killed.
	rapidttp.com /milhist/vol036dt.html (3003 words)

	SAAF MUSTANGS
		The SAAF Museum has been attempting to aquire examlples of important aircraft flown by the SAAF during its history, and one of the ex-Dominican F-51Ds was located in Florida, USA, in 1986 where the remaining aircraft had gone after resale.
		However in a flamboyant gesture of appeasement by Trujillo, the fighter squadron operating both F-51Ds and F-47 Thunderbolts was redesignated Esquadron de Caza Ramfis and later Grupo de Caza Ramfis.
		The SAAF Museum brought a Mustang in the USA in 1987, and when it was shipped to Cape Town where it arrived 14 November 1987.
	www.icon.co.za /~pauljnr/saaf.htm (589 words)

	USAAF Chronology, Mediterranean : 1944, Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Air echelon of the 417th Night Fighter Squadron, Twelfth Air Force (attached to RAF 337 Wing) from Tafaraoui to La Senia, Algeria with Beaufighters; ground echelon is at Ghisonaccia, Corsica.
		Transfers in Italy: HQ 12th Bombardment Group (Medium) and 82d and 83d Bombardment Squadrons (Medium) from Foggia to Gaudo Airfield with B-25's; HQ 27th Fighter-Bomber Group and 522d, 523d and 524th Fighter-Bomber Squadrons from Paestum to Pomigliano with A-36's; HQ 31st Fighter Group and 309th Fighter Squadron from Pomigliano to Castel Volturno with P-51's.
		HQ XII Bomber Command is reduced to 1 officer and 1 enlisted man as other personnel are transferred to the 57th Bombardment Wing, which along with the 42d Bombardment Wing (Medium), is placed under the administrative control of Twelfth Air Force.
	www.milhist.net /usaaf/mto44a.html (9125 words)

	Squadrons of the South African Air Force and their Aircraft 1920 - 2005 Book Review by Sinuhe Hahn
		Another titbit is a peculiarity of 1 Squadron that I (and many other fellow SAAF hobby historians) was not aware of was the use of personal nose art decorations, such as the leaping Springbok used by Lt. Stewart “Bomb” Finney on his Hurricane MKIIC.
		Modern history of this squadron recalls its resurrection when equipped with Mirage IIIEZ fighters in the 1960’s, the subsequent acquisition of the Mirage F1CZ interceptors and the only two post WW2 Mig-21 kills by a SAAF unit (1 Mig-15 kill in Korea was never fully credited).
		While several squadrons traded their fixed wing aircraft for rotors, the example of 10 Fighter Bomber Squadron is probably the most extreme as currently this unit, which flew Spitfires in WW2, is totally devoted to the use of unmanned aerials vehicles (UAV’s).
	misc.kitreview.com /bookreviews/squadronsofthesaaf_bookreviewsh_1.htm (794 words)

	SOUTH AFRICAN AIR ACES OF WORLD WAR II - No 8 - South African Military History Society
		Bennie Osler flew 1 SAAF Squadron's first 'Rhubarb' on 13th December and on coming out of cloud, found himself at 5000 feet on the fringe of an enemy formation of 9 Ju 87s and 10 Bf 109s as close escort with four MC 202s behind.
		At this time No.274 RAF and No.1 SAAF Squadrons were sending off pairs of Hurricanes at short intervals on 'Rhubarbs', (these were code-named thus, and were offensive operations by fighters designed to make the opposing forces come up and fight).
		Bennie was the first Commonwealth pilot in the desert to fly the 109, and the Squadron was pleased at this distinction.
	rapidttp.com /milhist/vol022dt.html (2379 words)

	Commonwealth biplane fighter aces - Andrew Duncan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		On 1 November three Gladiators (Captain Brian Boyle and Lieutenants Robin Pare and Duncan) of 1 SAAF Squadron escorted bomb-carrying Gauntlets of 430 Flight to targets in the northern areas of Eritrea and Ethiopia.
		He was subsequently warded a DFC (1 SAAF Squadron’s first) on 7 January 1941 for his gallant action in going single-handed to van Schalkwyk’s assistance.
		From Sudan 1 SAAF Squadron, having claimed 48 victories in the air and 53 aircraft destroyed on the ground for the loss of six pilots killed to all causes, took its Hurricanes to Egypt on 6 April 1941.
	user.bahnhof.se /~surfcity/commonwealth_duncan.htm (2466 words)

	Martin B-26 Marauder in South African Service, By Roger Best.
		The 24th Squadron was selected as the first squadron to be converted to B26’s and flew their last raid with their beloved Bostons on the 8th November 1943 from Tortorella near Foggia Main, Italy.
		By the beginning of March 1944 3 Wing SAAF was under the command of Col.A.J. "Jack" Mossop and consisted of 12 squadron with Marauders, 21 Squadron with Baltimores and 24 Squadron at Gambut in North Africa with Marauders.
		On 18th July 1944 No.21 Squadron flew their last raid with Baltimores, a type which they had been flying for two and a half years and during August converted to Marauders and were back on ops flying from Biferno.
	www.b26.com /page/south_african_air_force_saaf.htm (750 words)

	Angola: Claims & Reality about SAAF Losses
		The SAAF also became master in building decoys: extremely realistic decoys of Mirage F.1AZs are known to have been built and deployed on airfields in northern South West Africa for unknown purposes: the Angolans and Cubans never attacked any of these places, while the SWAPO only did few attempts, most of which failed.
		The main base of the 12th and 13th Squadron in Angola was Serpa Pinto AB, near Menongue, which was a large, well-developed airfield with a number of blast-pents, a long runway, several early warning radars and the local ground-control center, defended by two SA-3 SAM-sites and numerous 23mm anti-aircraft guns.
		The SAAF pilots expertly matched the capabilities of their aircraft: operating at levels around ten meters over the completely flat terrain of southern Angola, in the face of the MiG-23ML-threat they continued flying intensive combat operations against targets up to 300km inside Angola.
	www.acig.org /artman/publish/article_184.shtml (8053 words)

	Facts About Durban - Fighters Over Durban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The powers that be belatedly realised that there wasn't a single fighter squadron to defend the east coast of South Africa and recalled Reg and a number of colleagues from operations in East Africa and, together with other pilots drafted in from North Africa, they were posted to Durban to form 10 Squadron SAAF.
		Pic 4: 10 Squadron members on their way from the Stamford Hill airfield back to the mess [the picture was taken on the concrete apron in front of the control tower].
		The squadron first flew Curtiss Mohawks and the pilots took turns on standby duty with the duty pilots having to sleep on floor of the control tower in the aerodrome terminal building [now the HQ of the Natal Mounted Rifles].
	www.fad.co.za /Resources/aviation/RS/fighters.htm (1094 words)

	SAAF News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The SAAF was planning to reduce its Impala fleet to 24 and its Cheetah fleet to 28.
		The Pilatus Astra fleet was being shrunk from 58 to 40.
		Wilcock told the media the SAAF of 2010 was to be affordable and therefore sustainable, built around six core capabilities: air defence, air transport, close air support, aerial surveillance and reconnaissance, maritime operations and operational search-and-rescue.
	www.saairforce.co.za /news01.htm (7367 words)

	Squadron Numbers [Archive] - The Aerodrome Forum
		In the end the AFC squadrons were recorded with their AIF nomenclature by the RAF due to Australian Government pressure.
		The RAAF 4xx squadrons are a bit odd, 451 Sqn got a CO removed due to the squadron having low morale, 462 got disbanded in the Middle East and reformed in Europe because there was not enough RAAF members posted to it.
		RNZAF squadrons operating in the South Pacific were seldon in contact with RAF units, all those operating in Europe and Africa being numbered in the 400-series.
	www.theaerodrome.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-3126.html (1626 words)

	Commonwealth biplane fighter aces - Robin Pare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		On 1 November three Gladiators (Captain Brian Boyle and Lieutenants Pare and Andrew Duncan) of 1 SAAF Squadron escorted bomb-carrying Gauntlets of 430 Flight to targets in the northern areas of Eritrea and Ethiopia.
		On 17 March four Hurricanes of 1 SAAF Squadron were led on an offensive reconnaissance by the new CO, Major Ross Theron, during which Captain Driver shot up some lorries and Lieutenant Pare destroyed an S.82 on the ground at Danuba, also destroying some 30 drums of petroleum.
		1 SAAF Squadron engaged CR.42s twice during the day, once in the morning when one was hit by Lieutenant Irvine, but no result seen (possibly the 237 Squadron Gladiator).
	user.bahnhof.se /~surfcity/commonwealth_pare.htm (2222 words)

	Spitfires
		The first machine, a MkVb, AX-N is from 1 Squadron SAAF and was flown by Lt. Eric Robinson, who went on to become an ace.
		Apart from the red wing tips, typical for a number of 1 Squadron aircraft, it also bears his logo "Cirecooks IV" on the cowling as well as the name "Phyllis" on the 20 mm cannon.
		All roundels used were from generic sheets, whereas the Squadron codes and nose are were test runs printed on an Alps of a proposed Springbokdecals Spitfire decal sheet (springbokdecals@yahoo.co.uk).
	home.datacomm.ch /matterhorncircle/sinhue04.htm (203 words)

	SOUTH AFRICAN AIR ACES OF WORLD WAR II - No 9 - South African Military History Society
		At the time the SAAF had a scheme for university students to fly part-time and qualify for their flying badge, the coveted 'wings'.
		On New Year's Day came news that Corry had been Mentioned in Dispatches for his work with No 11 Squadron in Kenya, and on 7th he was awarded the DFC for his flying with No 1 Squadron, SAAF, the citation being carried in the Government Gazette for 20th January 1942.
		The Squadron Doctor told him he should leave the operational sphere as he was worn out after the strain of these campaigns, and he returned to South Africa in 1944.
	samilitaryhistory.org /vol026dt.html (5999 words)

	Army Air Forces in World War II
		The 46th and 72d Fighter Squadrons, 15th Fighter Group, transfer from Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands and Wheeler Field, Territory of Hawaii respectively to Makin Island in the Gilbert Islands with P-39's.
		The 531st Fighter-Bomber Squadron, Seventh Air Force, transfers from Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands to Makin Island in the Gilbert Islands with A-24's.
		Personnel and equipment of the 154th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron and the Weather Reconnaissance Detachment are subsequently integrated, and the unit is redesignated the 154th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium) on 12 May 44.
	www.usaaf.net /chron/43/dec43.htm (12604 words)

	No. 1 Squadron SAAF, 27 May 1944 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Although the Huns outnumbered the Spits by approximately two to one, and were fighting over their own territory while the Spits were fighting 120 miles from base, the mixed bag of 109's and 190's showed no inclination to fight it out and were more concerned with getting out of the way.
		In this action, the pilots of No. 1 Squadron SAAF saw aircraft “in Italian markings” but unfortunately did not say what these were: a white tail band, the Tricolore, fasci on the upper wings?
		Bosman was neither the first nor the last to report an inline-engined Fw 190 over Italy, even though the Fw 190 D would not see action for another six months and only BMW 801 models ever served in Italy.
	www.ghostbombers.com.cob-web.org:8888 /SG4/1saaf2705.html (1000 words)

	SAAF
		On 12 October 1944 16 Liberators of 31 Squadron and 4 of 34 Squadron SAAF took off on a supply dropping mission to Italian partisans in the mountains of northern Italy.
		The crew was truly representing the Commonwealth being composed of 5 SAAF, 2 RAF and 1 RAAF as follows:.
		The Mayor welcomed and offered hospitality to the relatives and, at a dinner held in the evening, Anne Storm was asked to read the letter her father had written her on her first birthday.
	www.saafmuseum.co.za /memories.htm (1153 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		He commanded 1 Squadron, SAAF, flying Mirage F1AZs during the SWA / Namibia bush war.
		As commander of the Air Force Command Post, he was mentioned in dispatches for his role in the very successful rescue of all 581 people from the ill-fated liner, Oceanos.
		Fire, Flood and Ice is an outstanding collection of stories that exemplifies the bravery, dedication,skill and daring of SAAF aircrews who toiled in often appalling conditions to save lives.
	members.tripod.com /~covos/ffice.html (221 words)

	Major General C. J. Venter CB, DFC and Bar, SAAF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		C.J. Venter is one of the pioneers of the SAAF, becoming one of its first military pilots and then an archtect of the force.
		Unlike the RAF, the SAAF retained the army uniforms and rank system.
		The rank of Major General was indicated by the combination of the cross sword and baton (general) and the single pip.
	www.rathbonemuseum.com /SAAF/SAVenter/SAVenter.html (633 words)

	Angola: Claims & Reality about SAAF Losses
		In 1979 a SAAF Mirage IIIRZ was indeed shot down near Ongiva, in Angola.
		Meanwhile, in Angola, the 9th Fighter-Training Squadron FAPA-DAA was equipped with at least ten MiG-23UBs, which were used for conversion training.
		Essentially, neither was a true "dogfighter": both were at their best at high subsonic speeds and medium level.
	www.acig.org /artman/publish/printer_184.shtml (8053 words)

	SAAF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The operators badge at the top is given to members who distinguished themselves throughout the training.
		Currently only 75 operator badges have been allocated to 500 Squadron members.
		Selected members underwent further specialist training to acquire skills to incorporate the unit's new focus towards special protection services.
	www.stormpages.com /airbornafric/saaf.htm (562 words)

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