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pistonrob
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Looks more like a 4-ship than a 5. Not WW2, but post war.
Not only KF398, but also KF625 and FX265, here marked H-83 (was that a Southern Rhodesia code?), went to S Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) early 1950s. FX265 crashed at Eastleigh, Kenya, 7 April 1955. The one farthest from the camera might be KF348 … ?
If so, it was with 1340 Flight in Kenya, and crashed in the Aberdare Mts 19 april 1954.
KF625 was “Cymru Am Byth”, also with 1340 Flight, Kenya, in 1955.
They appear to have bomb racks under the wings, so maybe they were involved in Mau Mau operations in Kenya at the time.
Looking at the ground, it could well be in S Rhodesia or Kenya.

Many thanks for that, didnt you see that “other one” way back behind the cloud lol. why i put 5 i dunno?