AndyFowler Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 (edited) These are my Great Uncle Ron West's wartime photos ! He served in the Royal Air Force in North Africa as part of the Desert Air Force http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Air_Force driving a Queen Mary aircraft recovery vehicle ! He is on the left of the first picture ! Edited November 14, 2008 by AndyFowler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 great photo.s thanks for sharing ................:coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Great photos, is that a Wellington on the trailer (5th piccy down) Thanks a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 What Brilliant pic's,............very many thanks for sharing them with us, Andy. 2nd pic down, looks to me like a stuka................although I could well be wrong.......... Great pic of the Bedford OX. :-D:-D Oh, and 6th pic down, the train and tank;........what a great caption pic, what one would make....... All the best, Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuno Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 And the German planes are at first a Ju.87 "Stuka" and then a Ju.88. Thought I had seen these pics already elsewhere in the net... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 I don't think you have seen them before as I have scanned them from my Great Uncles photo album and it is unlikely they have been put on the net by him ! Of course someone else may have photographed them at the time they where passing ! It would be nice to see them if you can find them ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuno Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 About the pic of the Ju.88 I am quite sure. Might be that the same wreckage has been photographed by several passing soldiers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79x100 Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Did the British ever share or sell photos on any scale, in the same way that the Germans seemed to, for instance after the fall of France ? It seems to have been common practice at that time to buy a pack of souvenir photographic reproductions. I bought a fairly unremarkable period photo that appears genuine of wreckage at De Panne and was surprised to find the identical shot in a French book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuno Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 They obviously did. I know about may LRDG-photos you can find in several troopers albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Andy, these aircraft recovery photographs are really wonderful. As you may know, I'm very partial to the 'Queen Mary' trailer and seeing these pictures has been a real treat for me. Many thanks for sticking them on here. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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