This web area was conceived when my three sons discovered their grandfather's "War Books". Comprising his pilots log book and a large number of photographs and negatives, we delved through it. I managed to pass on what I remember of some anecdotes he told, but it occurred to me that all this would get lost in time. No matter how hard you try to protect it, things age. I decided to scan everything and commit it all to computer archive, for members of my family, friends, any other historians or ex- colleagues who may have an interest. 

Subsequently, others have visited and contributed. I am indebted to Mark Penberthy, who's father was a 1 Sqn pilot, and who stil visits and chats with "Bomb" Finney. We have also had permisssion to publish some of the photographs of Tom Meek. 

I am not an historian - There may well be the odd technical detail on this site that is not accurate. I am relying on anecdotal evidence from pretty much one source. I have had a number of e-mails from various people pointing out that this picture or that picture shows an aircraft from 1941 with a double-filtered doobiefidangle that wasn't fitted until January 1942 so it couldn't possibly be correct. Unfortunately, I don't have the time or the drive to investigate each of these anomalies and make corrections, so please don't regard data on this site as reliable reference material - go to the SAAF archives in Pretoria or at the UK Public Records Office in Kew to examine the original documents for yourself. They are extremely helpful and have a mass of material now preserved for posterity on microfilm.