[Sid Guttridge]

Hi Guys,

Thanks again. That all adds to the picture.

The Gauntlet serials 150-152 slot between the SRAF serials SR-1+ and the Southern Rhodesia Air Service (SRAS) wartime serials that ranged between about 250 and about 305. SRAS doubled as the SRAF's Communications Squadron over 1940-45.

As the SRAF's Rapide SR-8 later became SRAS's 300, there was certainly some aircraft swapping and serial changing between the two organizations during the war.

Perhaps the RATG's Meteorological Service, which I have seen referred to as a Rhodesian organization, had its own aircraft (Harts and Gauntlets), as Leendert states, and they had their own wartime serials in the 150+ range and just possibly the Gauntlets were formerly SR-15 to SR-17?

Again, many thanks for edging me towards a conclusion with your collective expertise.

Sid.