These photographs originate from the private albums of WW2 SAAF Bomber pilot/commander Col. Jack Mossop. It was kindly made available to me by Nikki and Eric Turck. Nikki is Jack's grand daughter. I scanned and placed the photographs on this web site in order to share these gems to enthusiasts and the wider public as a gesture of homage to these brave men of past glory. Please respect the copy rights of these photographs and contact me to obtain the necessary permission if you want to duplicate some of this material in other web sites or printed matter.
thanks
Tinus le Roux
April 2015
1 Zwartkops Air Station (ZAS), Avro Avion training aircraft
2 Aerial view of the SA Military College
3 Jack: Avion
4 ZAS Avions
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6 College: cavalry training
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11 Jack; Avion aircraft
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16 ZAS aerial view
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18 Mossop's flying course group
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21 College sleeping bungalow
22 Jack cleaning bungalow windows
23 Bungalow
24 Mossop on the right
25 Bungalow Cupboards
26 Artillery training: SA Military College
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29 Military College: drilling
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37 Jack: Military College step-out dress
38 Gas mask
39 Jack left
40 Cadets with civilian clothes
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43 Step=out dress parade
44 Mess
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46) Cadets cleaning rider puttees
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48 Looks like Military College clearing out parade
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53 DH-9 straight engine
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55 Jack with a DH-9, straight engine
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57 Aerial view: Roberts Heights?
58) Military College
59) DH-9's and a Wapiti
60) DH-9
61) DH-9
62 SA Military College entrance
63 SA Military College main building
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66 Wapiti
67 Wapitis
68 Fort Klapperkop
69 DH-9's
70 DH-9
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72 Military College
73 Jack in full uniform
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77 Pulling on the recoil of the field gun
78 Fused field gun ammunition
79 Pre-fused
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81 Horse drawn artillery
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85 Wapitis, DH-9's
86 DH-9's
87 Avro Tutors
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90 Cadets on the march, note destinctive helmet flashes
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91 Union buildings, Pretoria
92 Some humour
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94 Z.A.S.
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99 SAAF Cadets and College staff, Jack is standing in the centre of the back row
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108 Aerial camera
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110 Wapitis
111 Wapitis
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114 Lewis gun
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116 Appears to be Tutors assembled in SA
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118 Hawker Harts?
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120 In the cockpit of a Hurricane
121 One of the first Hurricanes delivered to SA
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127 Fairy Swordfish in Mombasa, Jack flew these planes in 1940 when he was in the SAAF No. 34 C.R. Flight
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130 SAAF formation badges: 34 CR flight?, 12 squadron, 3 squadron, 1 BBH?
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133 Mossop left
134 Hospital ship
135 Award recipients: Jack Frost (DFC), Bob Kershaw (DSO), S.v.B. Theron (DFC)
136 CA-133
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138 Italian bombs
139 Ju-86
140 Attack on Gondar
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142 Gondar
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145 Ju-86
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149 Jack with Ju-86
150 Ju-86's
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152 Crashed SAAF Martin Maryland
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157 Captioned "CR-42 Shot down by S.v.B. Theron"
158 Bombing up a Ju-86
159 Ju-86
160 Ju-86 with bombs
170 Jack in the middle
171 Jack in the desert with plasters in his face
172 Boston bomber
173 Nazi ground art
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176 Jack recovering in hospital 1942-1943
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178 Jack being visited by Field Marshall Smuts and Col R Johnson, OC of SA No.5 Military hospital, Durban
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185 Field Marshall Smuts
185 Field Marshall Smuts addressing SA personnell of 3 wing? in Italy?
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187 Col. Mossop with a 24 squadron OC: R.A. "Tom" Blackwell, DSO DFC
