Hi everyone
I visited John Hewitson. He is the last SAAF fighter pilot ace still around. John "Googoo" lend me his war time film reels and I got the 30 min footage digitized. He had a 8mm movie cam with him while doing war service. John saw service in East Africa (SAAF 1 sqdn) and North Africa (SAAF 5 sqdn). He flew in combat: Gladiators, Hurricanes, Tomahawks and was shot down and captured while flying a Kittyhawk. Here some screen grabs:
Crank starting the Gladiator East Africa
1 sqdn pilots East Africa
Gladiators idling 1sqdn East Africa
Bombay transporter East Africa
Training on Gauntlets Abu Seuir
Ken Driver, Kassala 1940/1, SAAF 1 sqdn ace, 1941 POW, killed in flying accident after the war.
Gladiator East Africa
Gladiator
SAAF 5 sqdn Tommie, Sidi Barrani, 1942
Tomahawk
Shot down SAAF 5sqdn Tomahawk
SAAF Maryland bomber landing (Sidi Barrani?)