SAAF and RAF aircraft losses in East Africa Campaign 1940-41

[stefaan]

Hi Klemen.

Sorry I took so long but I have a few guys trying to trace the Comores angle and this is what we found.
The Sqn in Madagascar was SAAF 16 sqn and some FAA sqns.
That is common knowledge.
About Comores.
They were Vichy French so for the SAAF to land there we would have had to invade them like Madagascar.So no units in the Comores.
What did happen is that 16 sqn had a forward covert strip at Pamanzi,
that was used to pick up downed FAA pilots.
This did occur but I do not know how many times.
You can probably find that in the history of the FAA units that lost a/c there.
I have not seen this reflected in our war diaries but have never looked at those units in depth.
My friend that is doing a 16 sqn book will probably get to that some time.
Stay tuned
Regards
Stefaan