Saaf ventura coastal

Buy WW2 RAF/SAAF VENTURA COASTAL PATROL USED TORPEDO DIRECTOR for R4,000.00

GROUP OF SIX, COMPLETE TO FREDERICK MANTLE. ATTESTED IST ROYAL NATAL CARBINEERS, POSTED TO SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE 30/9/1941. SERVED WITH 22 SQUADRON SAAF WHEN THEY WERE ON ANTI - SUBMARINE PATROLS FROM 19/4/43 TO 12/1/44. THIS WAS WHEN THE SQUADRON WAS BASED IN DURBAN, AND FLYING ANSON AND VENTURA AIRCRAFT, AS A WELDER.  THE ITALY STAR WOULD HAVE BEEN EARNED WHEN THE SQUADRON WAS IN GIBRALTER FROM 1944, ALTHOUGH THE RESEARCH DOES NOT CONFIRM THIS. HE WAS STILL ON STRENGTH OF THE SAAF IN SEPTEMBER 1945, PENDING DISCHARGE  ===================================================================================================

Squadron 1048 Lockheed PV-1 Ventura in Action A must for IPMS, RC scale and aviation buffs. These were used by the SAAF during WW2 and after. They were given the name (the flying coffin), as there are many wrecks off our coast line.

Splendid unread condition. 62 pages. R46 postage in SA. Inside also the State Artillery during 1899 Anglo-Boer war, Bossieman hunter, Boeing, legendary horses of the Birkenhead, Elephant MK 1A, coastal minesweeper, SAAF's new Augusta A109 LUH, Natal Railways, South African Infantry training 1939-1940, Battle of Blaauwberg, Russion front....

Splendid unread condition. 62 pages. R50 postage in SA. Inside also the State Artillery during 1899 Anglo-Boer war, Bossieman hunter, Boeing, legendary horses of the Birkenhead, Elephant MK 1A, coastal minesweeper, SAAF's new Augusta A109 LUH, Natal Railways, South African Infantry training 1939-1940, Battle of Blaauwberg, Russion front....