SAAF GROUP OF 6 TO FW MANTLE-SERVED 22 SQUAD SAAF DURBAN IN SOUTH AFRICA

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  ===================================================================================================