Screenshots of John's 8mm film made during his operational service with No. 5 squadron in North Africa 1942.
1 Sidi Barrani L.G. 121 Egypt
2 Tomahawk fighter plane
3 Lt. Kemsley, KIA
4 Ops tent /orderly room
5 Tomahawk
6 Ground crew working on a Tomahawk.
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9 Sea shore near Sidi Barrani
10 Firing with Lewis? gun.
11 John swimming in the med.
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13 Robin Pare dressed with Irvine jacket.
14 Lt. Morrison's plane being shot down over aerodrome KL-R
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19 Shot up enemy truck. (Italian?)
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22 Shot-up German transport vehicle.
23 Italian gun tractor, John waving
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26 John and ?
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30 GL-L being shot down (Lt van der Spuy)
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34 In flight shots from John's cockpit. (GL-B: Lt J H Slater)
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36 Crowd awaiting the sprog Cecil Golding's first landing at 5 sqdn.
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38 Cecil coming in to land. His first ever flight with a single wing aircraft. His first ever flight with an A/C to have flaps and retractable U/C. Unthinkable to place half-trained pilots at an operational fighting unit. But Frost then gave them "OTU" training at the squadron.
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40 Landing Okay !!!!
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43 5 sqdn adjutant?
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46 "fortifications" at LG 121
47 Soccer contest; War diary report matches between A and B flights.
48 Pumping petrol, looks like staff from the Cape Corps.
49 Robin Pare
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54 John pose at Bf-109 wreck
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56 Building air attack shelters
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65 Shot down GL-R (Lt Morrison)
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69 Battle damage
Same aircraft pic taken from another source
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70 SAAF Martin Maryland bomber landing
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74 Maryland taking off
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