Went over to the IWM today to go through the photos and papers of a man who served with my Grandad in North Africa in WWII on a 3.7inch heavy anti aircraft gun battery. Among the photos, including a P40 and a crashed Me 110, there was a fantastic photo of a Boston bomber, engineless, parked next to a road. Does anyone know anything about which squadrons operated the Boston in the desert, and what time period this would have been? The camouflage also looked dark as well, is there a chance it could have been in brown/green or green?
Oh and by the way, when I got to the Imperial War Museum to look at some documents in the archive today, I had the pleasure of waiting ten minutes for it to open with Jamie Oliver sat on the steps next to me being interviewed. Then whilst I was trying to do some research in the archives he was sat right behind me, apparently he’s going to do a programme about recipes from WWII using the rations available, you heard it here first folks!
By: Mpacha - 9th January 2008 at 22:44
The SAAF had them from 20 October 1941 until 1944. The colour scheme was dark earth and mid-stone upper surfaces with azure underneath.
By: Scorpion89 - 9th January 2008 at 20:11
The Following RAF Squadrons were station in North Africa,
Nos. 13
Nos. 14
Nos. 18
Nos. 55
Nos. 114
Plus the No 24 Squadron SAAF used them in North Africa
By: BSG-75 - 9th January 2008 at 19:43
I’ve got a copy of Desert air force at war, shows a B&W image of a 114 squadron boston, certainly looks “dark” especially when compared with the other prints, far from conclusive though. Cracking book (like all of the Ian Allen at war series) if you can grab a copy.
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January 9, 2008 at 5:48 pm