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Baker E M, South Africa, SAAF, 5 Squadron SAAF, Pilot, Major

The outgoing Commanding Officer of No. 5 Squadron SAAF, Major E M Baker (left), standing by his Curtiss Kittyhawk Mark III, FR781 'GL-H' "Raynor", at Cutella, south of Vasto, Italy, accompanied by the Squadron Engineering Officer, Lieutenant W A Gillham. Having commanded the Squadron for five months Baker was repatriated to South Africa, but returned to Italy in May 1944 to serve on the staff of No. 239 Wing RAF. In the foreground is a 1,000-lb MC bomb on its trolley. IWM (CNA 2491)

Author: David King
Country: All Other Countries
Tags: 5 Squadron SAAF Curtiss Kittyhawk

Talalla, C, L, F, Jimmy, Malaya, RAF, 122 Squadron, Pilot, Flight Lieutenant

Flight Lieutenant C L F "Jimmy" Talalla of No. 122 Squadron RAF, standing in front of his North American Mustang Mark III at B12/ Ellon, Normandy 6 August 1944.  Born of Singhalese parents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, Talalla joined the RAF in 1941 and served as a sergeant pilot with No. 118 Squadron RAF, flying Supermarine Spitfires, before being commissioned in 1942. He joined 122 Squadron as a flight commander in 1944 and finished the war having shot down 5 enemy aircraft. His brother, Warrant Officer H C B Talalla, a Hawker Typhoon pilot serving with No. 182 Squadron RAF, was killed in action, over the Falaise area on 25 July 1944. IWM (CL 674)

Author: David King
Country: All Other Countries
Tags: 112 Squadron Burma Kuala Lumpur Malaya Singhalese

Wilmot, L A, South Africa, RSF, SAAF, Pilot, Colonel

Colonel L A Wilmot SAAF, Commanding Officer of No. 239 Wing RAF (centre), standing with two of his pilots at Cutella, south of Vasto, Italy, the day after leading the Wing on a highly successful strike to the Pescara River dam, which they destroyed with 500-lb bombs, and from which all aircraft returned safely. Standing with Colonel Wilmot are the pilots whose bombs first breached the dam walls; Flight Lieutenant K Richards of No. 3 Squadron RAAF (left), and Flight Sergeant A Duguid of No. 260 Squadron RAF (right). IWM

Author: David King
Country: All Other Countries
Tags: 3 Squadron RAAF 260 Squadron

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