SAAF GROUP CPL A MARTIN / AIRCRAFT FITTER 5 IN SOUTH AFRICA

 GROUP OF 5 - COMPLETE - CPL ALFRED MARTIN. ATTESTED KIMBERLY REGT 18/4/1940. TRANSFERD TO SAAF 11/11/40. REMUSTERED AS AN AIRCRAFT FITTER, ARRIVED MIDDLE EAST 6TH MAY 1943 - JOINED 5 SQUADRON 21ST MAY 1943 AND SERVED WITH THEM UNTIL 8TH DECEMBER 1944 IN THIS PERIOD THEY FLEW THE FOLLOWING AIRCRAFT:  JANUARY - DECEMBER 1943 - KITTYHAWK MK 111  # SEE ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTION AT FOOT OF PAGE # =============================================   DECEMBER 43 - SEPTEMBER 1944 - KITTYHAWK MK 1V  SEPTEMBER 44 TO OCTOBER 1945 - MUSTANG MK 111 HE WOULD THEREFORE SERVED BOTH IN NORTH AFRICA & ITALY