Thread: RAF Takoradi

Thanks for the input

Thanks Wellington. Lately, I've been trying, off and on, to find books written by or about SAAF aircrew without much luck. You website has given me a couple of leads.

Originally Posted by Antipodean Andy

Thanks Wellington. Lately, I've been trying, off and on, to find books written by or about SAAF aircrew without much luck. You website has given me a couple of leads.

Glad its of use to you. If you come accross any references to 26 Sqn SAAF please pass them on to me.

Here's a list of some others that I haven't checked out yet (might be some duplication)

South African Forces World War II:

Vol.2
Brown, James Ambrose
A Gathering of Eagles
(The Campaigns in ITL East Africa 4006-4111)
1970, Purnell, Cape Town, 342pp. Ill.

Vol.4
Brown, James Ambrose
Eagles Strike
(The Campaigns in EGY,LIB,TUN,MAD,Cyrenaica,Tripolitania)
1974, Purnell, Cape Town, 448pp. Ill.

Vol.6
Martin & Orpen
Eagles Victorious
(The Ops. Med.,ITL,Balkans,Aegean,Gibraltar,W.Africa)
1977, Purnell, Cape Town, 494pp. Ill.

Belling, Ron
A Portrait of Military Aviation in South Africa
1989, Midland Counties, Earl Shilton, 160pp. Ill.

Bouwer & Louw
The SAAF at War 1940-1984
1989, Rensburg Publ., Melville, 220pp. Ill.

Bouwer & Louw
The SAAF at War
1995, Rensburg Publ., Melville, 271pp. Ill.

Maxwell & Smith
Per aspera ad astra 1920-1970
1970, SAAF, Johannesburg, 144pp. Ill.

Potgieter & Steenkamp
Aircraft of the South African Air Force
1980, Janes, London, 180pp. Ill.

Potgieter, Herman
Aviation in South Africa
1986, Janes, London, 160pp. Ill.

Potgieter, Herman & Birns
More Than Game
1995, AirReport, Morningside, 200pp. Ill.

Spring,Ivan
Squadron and Special Markings of the Post-War SAAF
1994, Spring Air, Norwood, 30pp. Ill.

Regards

Thanks again, Bruce. I'll keep my eyes open for 26 Sqn references.

Not many recent publications in your list. Is there much of an 'industry' in SA for producing such titles i.e. have the veterans themselves published much or been the subject of biographies in recent times (as is the case in the UK, Australia, NZ, Canada etc)?

Missed out on this on Ebay the other day. It's one of the very few SAAF books I've come across:
Warriors of the Sky: Springbok Air Heroes in Combat (Pen & Sword Aviation): Peter Bagshawe: Amazon.co.uk: Books

I have a letter to send to an SA chap though who has recently published a book. I'll find the details.