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Found this by accident on the interweb... SA...
Found this by accident on the interweb... SA Arty Captain 1960s wearing Owens C287 type AOP wing with Cessna 185 in background
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Not sure what they are wearing on the berets. I...
Not sure what they are wearing on the berets. I assume they would have worn their corps badges and most of them would have come from the gunners but the badge doesn't quite look like a field gun nor...
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You're right it's well within the 'kodachrome'...
You're right it's well within the 'kodachrome' era. Possibly to keep printing costs down? But that's given me another idea. I'll see if I can maybe track down the author via the publisher. Perhaps...
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Photograph from Page 69 "Facta Nostra Vivent"...
Photograph from Page 69 "Facta Nostra Vivent" (2014) by Embleton.
This particular group trained on the Impala and were (army) qualified flying instructors. All but one later become instructors in...
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I've (quite per chance) come accross some more...
I've (quite per chance) come accross some more information on rmy AOP pilots in a nice new book "Facta Nostra Vivent" by Andrew Embleton. It is a book about the SAAF's Central Flying School. On pp...
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I've always asumed the springbok type was worn in...
I've always asumed the springbok type was worn in the late sixties when 42 AOP Flight was part of the Army for a year or two before being transferred back to the SAAF as 42 Squadron. It is still a...
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Very interesting post. I knew about these wings...
Very interesting post. I knew about these wings but never knew if they were worn by pilots or observers. What relation (if any) are there between these wings and the army pilot wings with springbok...
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