Stephen Rhynas KIA WW 2
Rogues Gallery
32 LAR 40th ANNIVERSARY - JANUARY 28
Bill Watt (RhAF) Writes:-
Had a thought recently and chatted to a couple of fellow 32 LAR (attested January 28, 1974) guys and we are keen to set up some sought of a get together for those interested . Please could you post something on ORAFs news letter to see if there is any response.
Please view http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=379088#481806 for Course photograph
GWELO BILLYCARTS
Darryl and Maureen Burlin Write:-
1- The DC was Darryl Burlin.
2- The Scout Master was Nigel Lewis-Walker.
We believe the lady was Wendy Charles.
The boys in the carts were Wendy and Roland\'s two boys and the young
lad pushing one cart was Robert Burlin.
Cannot remember anybody else !!!!
Rob Sweeting (RhAF) Writes:-
Lady looks like Wendy Charles
Bob Hattle ex WO i/c Instrument Section, Thornhill Writes:-
I am pretty sure the Scoutmaster is Nigel Lewis-Walker. My son Gary was in the Air Scouts Troup.
I recall the term Soapbox Derby being used in my youth but that was a long time ago!
Refer http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=1122465&comments=1
CHARLES KEANLY (RHAF) UPDATE
Could you advise as to where one can obtain the book , Chopper Tech, author Beaver Shaw?
Looking for contact Address of Sonny Roeloffzer, Auto Election Mt Section. left as Master Tech. He left Zim and went to Pinetown Natal a number of years ago .
My email is keanly@mango.zw if anybody can help with the above.
REMINDERS FROM RHODESIA - JANUARY 11 1966
Terry Bennett has advised that on the said date he flew with Squadron Leader Stevenson and therefore the notification of the crash with Roger Brackley is incorrect. Please delete the record.
HEINKEL He64 AIRCRAFT
I am researching about the famous Heinkel He64-aircraft, which I intend to rebuild in flight worthy condition. As a matter of fact, the most information available are about the one which Mr. Perrem acquired after it has been test flown for Handley Page.
Now, I am looking for some more information and would like to know where the Perrem-family moved to after leaving Umtali. Do you have any information where to search? According to an article, there was a daughter born in 1936, which I
If you can assist please contact Captain Mildenberger direct on tmildenberger@netcologne.de
SOUTH AFRICAN VOTERS
To find out if you\'re registered to vote, where your voting station is and who your candidates are, please visit the link below
https://www.elections.org.za/content/For-voters/My-voter-registration-details/
For your registration status and voting station details, you can also SMS your ID Number to 32810 (R1.00 per SMS) or call 0800 11 8000 (toll-free from a land line) between 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday.
CORPORALS AND AIRMENS MESS NEW SARUM August 1958 - 1960
Pete Jones (RhAF) Writes:-
I’m fairly sure the civilian at the rear left is Calvin Bond, father of Davy Bond
Refer http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=1122458&comments=1
Colin Bond (RhAF) Writes:-
I\'m in the UK at present visiting my brother David who is in East Surrey hospital where he has been for the last two months or more. After getting over various other ailments he is battling pneumonia right now, but the docs say that he should be over it before too long.
Just showed him the picture, and at first he didn\'t think it was our dad, but after putting on his glasses he looked again and agreed with me that yes, it could very well be our father.
I realize that it\'s not definite Ed, but we\'re 99% sure.
Brian Goodwin Writes:-
The following from my old mate Chris Lovett who was also a secondment at that time.
Hi Brian
only one to emerge from the cobwebs is Dave (on the right) Foster. Last seen late 60s,
Vulcan crew chief at Scampton.
Refer http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=1122458&comments=1
SOUTHERN RHODESIAN STAMPS
Nick Baalbergen (INTAF) Writes:-
Yes and remember how our passports were only recognised by Portugal and Spain (I think). I seem to remember Rio in Brazil was also a destination for Rhodesian passport holders. Most \'Brits\' of course had the benefit of \'dual nationality\' (not an option available to most of us) and never had to face the humiliation of being \'held\' by immigration, on arrival in Europe!
George Galbraith (RhArmy) Writes:-
It is a sad indictment on the British Government that it stooped to the petty punishment of Rhodesian and British families and friends, who, as depicted in the above article, were subjected to double payment of postage during the Rhodesian/British hiatus.
Add to this the treatment that it subsequently meted out to the families of a people who voluntarily sacrificed much, including their lives in droves during the two World Wars, as well as other wars out of their sense of loyalty to the British Commonwealth.
What I speak of here is the manner in which the British Government financially speaking, washed its hands of the people in the most vulnerable stage of their lives, many of whom died in penury because it stood by as its choice of government deliberately trashed their pension rights. This is a matter of human rights and not principle.
The Lancaster House Agreement made provision for the British Government to sponsor an orderly land reform policy. After the first tranche of these payments was misappropriated by Mugabe, Britain halted further payments and rightly so. But it should have then made provision to channel assistance to Rhodesians/Zimbabweans who were systematically deprived of their human rights directly arising out of the dispensation over which it presided.
No amount of trying to explain this away can ever assuage the suffering of huge numbers of these fine, brave people. Could it be that British intransigence in this regard is a reflection of its apathy born out of a retributive mentality? Perhaps legal responsibility needs to be tested.
Pete Simmonds (RhAF) Writes:-
I remember well the time that the British Govt decided to put a surcharge on all Rhodesian mail entering Britain.
I was a teenager then and used a bit of pocket money to fill a few envelopes with a note in each using a single four letter word that began with a P and ended with a t. I then addressed each envelope to Mr. H Wilson at 10 Downing St , London and stuck a nice new 25 cent stamp on top of the address before posting each letter.
Please tell Marcus that thousands of Rhodesians did the same and letters like mine began turning up with great regularity at the offices of many political leaders in Britain until the surcharge was eventually done away with.
Mike Hamence (RhAF) Writes:-
I found a similar envelope from my wife in Gwelo to my mother in Cambridge UK. Sold it to a Uk stamp collector a couple of years ago for, I think, 20.
Philip Clarke (RhAF) Writes:-
Just seen the postage dues on the airmail to your Gran. I have a number of these as I collect Rhodesian stamps and memorabilia as I’m trying to build some postal history for possible publication one day if I’m clever enough. You may see this sort of thing from time to time on E-bay.
You say you have a number of such examples. I note this was posted from Hatfield on 5th May 1970 I would be most interested to know other dates if you are able to decipher them and possible routing to UK.
I am particularly interested in mail that went out via Umtali via Mozambique, it seems that not much research had been done in this area especially early mail, most of it going via Byo in those days.
Should you wish to dispose of these letters I may be interested in taking them off your hands, think of a number and let me know.
I would be particularly interested in any family history that covered that period (not personal of course but who and where and why etc).
FYI my wife and I are both ex Rhod/Zim’s ex Harare although we lived in Umtali (1970 -1981) both my children were born there, I’m ex 104 Umtali Sqdn hence my interest in that particular part of the world. I now live on a hill in the middle of mud island (the dry bit) and confess to being comfortable, fishing lousy but hey one can’t have everything.
Refer http://rhodesianheritage.blogspot.com/2014/01/southern-rhodesian-stamps-to-uk-1970.html
AIRCRAFT SPOTTING
Mike Saunders (RhAF) Writes:-
Almost certainly an Avro York of BOAC , a civil adaptation of the Lancaster
John Moore (RhArmy)
I suspect the aircraft is an Avro York, which was used on the London – Durban route by BOAC from late 1946, taking over from the Short Sunderland. It carried from 50 – 56 passengers.
The York was based on the Lancaster bomber, using the undercarriage, wings, tail and engines of the bomber.
Hope this helps!
See http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=1122482&comments=1 for photograph of the aircraft John mentions.
Alan Evans Writes:-
As it is British registered, it could be a number of converted war time machines. My guess is a Halifax.
Bill Teague (SAAF and RCAF) Writes:-
It would be interesting to know if anybody has solved the ID of the aircraft depicted. Due to the very obvious square windows, which is highly unusual, the only type that seems to fit is the Shorts Skyvan.
Mike Saunders (RhAF) Writes:-
I was WRONG !! my son Bruce in Adelaide put me right, it was a B 24 Liberator but it was BOAC !
Jerry Boyd (RhAF) Writes:-
Great vintage photograph! The aircraft looks to be a Consolidated B-24 Liberator. A converted bomber, these were used by BOAC in the years immediately following the Second World War. This one is British registered (G-?Z) and is in a bare metal livery which fits with the BOAC colour scheme of the time. As far as I’m aware these were not commonly operated through Africa or to/from the Rhodesia’s but that doesn’t rule out the photo having been taken in Rhodesia since there will always be one-off aircraft substitutions and such like beyond the norm for operational and various other reasons, just as there are today.
That’s the best that I can do for now, hope it’s useful.
Marcus Main-Baillie (RhAF) Writes:-
Thanks for the puzzle !!!
The airline must be BOAC with the registration beginning “G” This I am quite sure !
The aircraft I find tricky but am convinced it’s a Liberator converted for BOAC use…….. but only 2 were given to BOAC and one was shot down. The other did the middle east/ Aus run.
But generally speaking more modern aircraft (pressurized) were used by BOAC post 1949/50.
Hope this helps, please give me feed back !!!
Bill Michie Writes:-
My best guess is:
BOAC Consolidated LB-30 Liberator; originally ordered by the RAF for North-Atlantic transport duties I believe. Looks like a tricycle undercarriage a/c, & wing/window pattern fits the LB-30. Used briefly post-war by BOAC and in Aus briefly, by Qantas (including a couple of G-registered ones).
Try that for now!
Refer http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=1122482&comments=1
PHOTOGRAPHS OF NOTE
BZ\'s Chino\'s Planes of Fame
Photo Gallery - Visit http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1b/Chino/Chino.html
Compliments of Norman Frodsham
The Planes of Fame Air Show in Chino, CA was an excellent opportunity to get my fill of WWII vintage war birds. Many different types of fighters and bombers were flying for the show including: P-51s, P-40s, P-38s, F4Us, Zeros, Val, Spitfire, Hellcat, Wildcat, Firefly, Bearcat, Fury, B-25s, and a B-17. As a bonus, there was a WWII ground reenactment (complete with tanks and halftracks) which provided the icing on the cake!
The light was great for photography, but the heat at times was unbearable! It\'s only May, but Chino was well over 100 degrees F that day (someone said 110F). Using my camera was like putting a hot plate to my face! Even thinking about it makes me thirsty now. Good thing I escaped getting heat stroke.
Used a Nikon D200 and D50 w/ a 70-300mm VR lens, and 18-55mm lens. Prop planes shot in shutter priority exposure mode (mostly between 1/160 and 1/320sec), with continuous autofocus. The jet shots were around 1/1000sec.
Updated 7/18/08: Added additional information in the captions for the Corsairs from emails I received. - Bernard Zee
UNDELIVERABLE MAIL
Thanks to all that responded to my appeal for assistance on this matter. The guilty part is receiving email via his cellular phone but has set to automatically route the email to his PC.
By now we know the problem number 0825646112 so I would highly recommend he speak with his cell phone provider and establish a remedy - I would hate to get the scissors out and cut
REMINDERS
Grand Get-Together in Cape Town in February 2014
Time is getting short - let John and Tony know if your coming or not.
AFA (Cape) Monthly Braai
First Friday evening of each month.
Contact Johnny Ness and or Tony Cowell for details
AFA (Gauteng) Monthly Prayer Meeting
First Saturday afternoon of the month at Dickie Fritz Shellhole.
Contact Cheryl Grover for details
AFA (Natal) Social
First Friday evening of each month.
Contact Neville Mare (RhAF) for details
SMILE A WHILE
An old man goes to the Wizard to ask him if he can remove a curse he has been living with for the last 40 years.
The Wizard says, \'Maybe, but you will have to tell me the exact words that were used to put the curse on you.\'
The old man says without hesitation, \'I now pronounce you man and wife.\'
\"You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act. .\"
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