[klemen]

Hi Stefaan!

For pure data the Springbok Victory is the best for East Africa. Problem is it has no index but I believe they are going to rectify that.

Thanks for the advice. I see this is only the first volume (Fighter Operations). Any words when would the second volume (Bomber Operations) come out?

We all moaned like hell.

Heheheh...

For Madagascar,Dust clouds is the best but that was written from a RAF perspective.

Already taken care of as well as the Vichy French side. I'm only missing some info about SAAF operations.

Gathering of Eagles if also very good if you want info and I used it for SAAF at War which is mainly pictorial.

Pictorial? But... But I thought this is supposed to be a kind of the unofficial SAAF history in World War II?! :?

A friend of mine is doing a 16 sqn History book which will feature Madagascar in depth.It is a few years from being finished.

This is good to hear. Keep us updated.

Comores was very small, limited to Recce flights as far as SAAF concerned. I don't see it even reflected in the index(just went to look)

Here is a quote from Osborne's Colonial War in Africa about the Comores Island in July 1942:

".... The British troops were landed on Mayotte Island at 3:00 a.m. on the morning of 2 July at Choa Bay, an undefended and isolated beach. They promptly marched on to occupy the radio station without incident. The Commandos and KAR men then surrounded the police barracks and captured most of the policemen while still in bed. At the same time, the Royal Marines secured the airfield. Both operations went off without incident. The town of Dzaudzi was easily captured and the governor, too, was captured in his bed [the story says together with a black mistress ]. The Chief of Police and two other French officials managed to flee in a car, but were later caught. By noon, it was all over. No one had been killed or wounded and none of the important installations blown up. Within a few days, British Navy patrol vessels and RAF seaplanes were operating out of Mayotte's harbor and land-based planes of the SAAF were operating from the airfield. Their primary mission was to conduct anti-submarine patrols ..."

It seems some airplanes of the SAAF were active from these islands.

lp,

Klemen