Major Allister Miller DSO, RFC, landing at the Port Elizabeth Golf Club, November 7, 1917
Vought UO-1 Hydroplane over Table Bay with USS Trenton in the background, Cape Town, 1924
De Havilland 9 over H.M.S Repulse near Plettenburg Bay, 1925
De Havilland 9 on naval maneuvers with South African flagship HMS Birmingham, the sloop HMS Wallflower, and the SAAF off Bird Island, June 1926
De Havilland 6s flown by Frank and Shirley Soloman over Port Elizabeth in 1920
De Havilland 9 circling Port Elizabeth Central, February 24, 1925. The SAAF inaugurated an experimental coastal mail service
Fairy III D over Cape Point, April 12, 1926
Swissair Dornier Merkur on a scientific flight over Swartkops River Mouth, February 21, 1927
Four Fairey III Fs of 47 Squadron RAF on manoeuvres over Fort SELWYN, Grahamstown, 1929
De Havilland 66 Hercules “City of Delhi” near Port Elizabeth, May 1932. This passenger aircraft was forced to refuel at Fairview Airfield
Ryan S-T-A over Port Elizabeth. These aircraft were used for pilot training in 1937 and then replaced in 1937 and then replaced by the Wapiti and other similar aircraft
Westland Wapiti with the armed auxiliary cruiser, Alcantara, docking for repairs at Port Elizabeth after damage by the German raider, Thor
CAM 37-2 carried by French cruiser Duquesne in background, over Algoa Bay, 1929
Fairey III F spotter seaplane from cruiser HMS Dorsetshire moored alongside the Charl Malan Quay, October 1933
Fairey Seafox, spotter reconnaissance seaplane from HMS Neptune, the new Africa Station flagship off Port Elizabeth
Converted Junkers Ju 86 of 14 Squadron on Maritime patrol approaching the Japanese Hokoku Maru in Algoa Bay in 1939
Fokker Super Universal over rough seas off Cape St Francis on first mail and passenger flight to Cape Town, January 22, 1930
Hawker Fury I at the opening of the Port Elizabeth Aerodome, May 23, 1936
Hawker Hartbees over the Deutsche Ost-Afrika Line, Pretoria, racing the Union Castle mailship, Athlone Castle, off the Buffalo River near East London, May 1939
Vickers Valentia troop transporter of 50 Transport Squadron SAAF flying over the Swartkops River in March 1940
Bristol Blenheim I flying over the bleached Italian liner, Timavo, on the Kwazulu coast 1940
Fairy Battle of 42 Air School prepares to take off on a night bombing exercise, Port Elizabeth 1941
Avro Anson GR 1 of Coastal Reconnaissance Flight over the Italian refugee repatriation ship, Duilio, Algoa Bay, 1942
Aeronca 50c Chief of 42 Air School first meteorological flight over Port Elizabeth Airfield with 42 Air School in the background, still under construction in 1940
Northrop A-17A Nomad about to land at Port Elizabeth Airfield with Lockheed B-34 Venturas and the “Apple Express” in the background, October 1942
Hawker Audax over Port Elizabeth Airfield releases a smoke marker about 1943. In postwar years these aircraft were used for training purposes
Junkers Ju 52/3m over the Valley of Desolation near Graaff-Reinet en route from Bloemfontein to George early in World War II
Avro Anson assisted by a flare aborts a landing in a fog at Port Elizabeth Airfield in 1943
Northrop Nomad and Fairey Battle trainer preparing to take off, Port Elizabeth Airfield, 1942
De Havilland D.H.82A Tiger Moth. The most famous trainer in the SAAF
De Havilland 85 Leopard Moth of 61 Squadron SAAF over the Swartkops River in 1943
Curtis P-36 Mohawk IV of 6 Squadron 1942
Lockheed B-34 Ventura of 25 Squadron over the forward section of United States Liberty ship, Anne Hutchinson, under tow to Port Elizabeth, October 1942
Short S28 C Class Empire Flying Boat “Cleopatra” towed by a tender, Durban 1940
Douglas A-20 Boston III OF 12 Squadron circles Italian refugee ships Vulcania and Saturnia off the Southern Cape Coast in 1942
North American Harvard I about 1940
Lockheed 18 Lodestar passenger transport with SAA/SAAF markings landing with Fowler flaps fully extended, 1940
Yokosuka E14Y “Glen” circling Port Elizabeth in the early morning, April 22, 1942. This aircraft came from the submarine flagship
F 13 OVER Cape Recife near Port Elizabeth about 1942/43
Supermarine Walrus near Cape Recife, Port Elizabeth 1942-43
North American Harvard II landing at Port Elizabeth Airfield, 1943
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina of Netherlands Naval Air Service over Port Elizabeth Airfield, 1943
Fairey Battle target tug with banner target over the Swedish mercy ship Grip, Gripsholm, Algoa Bay, November 1943
Airspeed Oxford of 61 Squadron over Swartkops River, 1944
Vought OS2U King-fisher of Fleet Air Arm circles the coastal village of Schoenmakerskop and a bush fire near the Port Elizabeth Airfield, 1944
Catalina at St Albans Air Base, Lady’s Slipper mountain in the background, 1943
De Havilland 89 Dragon Rapide of 61 Squadron SAAF in a dusty thunderstorm, Bloemfontein, about 1941
Airspeed Oxford II and an Avro Anson of 61 Squadron with blind approach markings, at 42 Air School, Port Elizabeth, 1944
Northrop Nomad A-17A displayed on the Donkin Reserve, Port Elizabeth, for wartime fund raising 1943
Miles Master II over St George’s Park at the opening of the Liberty Cavalcade, July 1943
Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina of 262 Squadron RAF over HMS Illustrious near Durban, about 1943
Airspeed Oxfords of 42 Air School over a bush fire near Port Elizabeth Airfield, 1944
Miles Magister with 42 Air School over the troopship, Mauretania, in Algoa Bay
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura of 25 Squadron at St Albans Air Base in 1944
Curtiss Kittyhawk P-40N IV approaching Port Elizabeth Airfield over South End, 1944
Supermarine Spitfire F VIII, in special RAF finish, over Cookhouse flying towards East London
Harvard tug dropping leaflets over Central Hill, Port Elizabeth, May 1945
Fairey Swordfish II over Cape Recife Lighthouse near Port Elizabeth, 1944
Curtis P-40N Kittyhawk IV in United States camouflage at 7 Air Depot undergoing engine tests, 1944
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat F II over St Croix Island in Algoa Bay, 1944
Blackburn Roc target tug North of Cape Town
Curtis P-40N Kittyhawk IV from A Squadron of 11 Operational Training Unit at Waterkloof Air Force Base, Pretoria, 1944
North American Harvard target tug over Cape Recife near Port Elizabeth, 1945
Vought F4U Corsair makes a landing approach to HMS Illustrious near Durban, 1944
Fairey Barracuda from HMS Illustrious simulates a torpedo dropping run in Table Bay, 1944
Hawker Hurricanes II performing aerobatics over the Swartkops River Estuary, 1945
Avro Anson over Coega salt pans, 1945
Curtis P-40N Kittyhawk with all metal finish based at 42 Air School about 1945
Hawker Hurricanes II of 11 Operational Training Unit flying over Port Elizabeth beachfront, 1944
Hawker Hurricanes II of 11 Operational Training Unit parked alongside a rain-soaked boundary road, Port Elizabeth Airfield
Two Avro Ansons over St Albans Air Base, April 1945
Avro Anson banks over HMS Honesty, which was undergoing sea trials after a refit in Port Elizabeth, 1945
Curtis P-40N Kittyhawk “beating up” Port Elizabeth Airfield, with 11 Operational Training Unit Hurricanes parked along the North boundary
Hawker Hurricanes II OVER Swartkops River mouth near Port Elizabeth and an exposed turn of the century wreck, 1945
Avro Anson with a Bristol turret touching down at 42 Air School, 1944
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura over a minesweeper in Algoa Bay
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura over Swedish refugee ship, Drottningholm, in Algoa Bay, 1945
Ventura of 17 Squadron with RAF markings over Bird Island, Algoa Bay, 1945
Bristol Beaufighter II flanked by Grumman F6F Hellcat FBIIs over Algoa Bay, Sunday, April 22, 1945
Bristol Beaufighter II over Algoa Bay shoreline, 1945
Vought F4U Corsair IVs over Cape Town, January 1946
Grumman TBF-I Avengers fly across Algoa Bay
Fairey Swordfish II over Port Elizabeth, 1945
Grumman F6F Hellcat F II of 88I Squadron and a Fairey Barracuda from HMS Colossus over the Cape Peninsula about 1946
Supermarine Seafire IIIs over HMS indefatigable approaching Port Elizabeth, February 18, 1946
Avro Lancaster “Aries” over the Donkin Reserve, Port Elizabeth, Sunday, April 8,1945
North American Harvards over Port Elizabeth Airfield with 42 Air School in foreground, April 1945
De Havilland 98 Mosquito XVI over East London, November 1945
Avro Lancaster I “Aires” near Cape Town, January 1946
Post War Hawker Hurricane II against cloudy background, 1946
Lockheed B-34 Ventura over South End, Port Elizabeth
Short Sunderland V circles the battleship, HMS Vanguard and the cruiser, HMS Nigeria, February 16, 1947
Supermarine Spitfire IX performing a loop at high altitude
De Havilland 98 Mosquito XVI over Pretoria, about 1946
Avro York “Oubaas” Field Marshal Jan Smuts’ personal plane, over Port Elizabeth, 1947
Post War Supermarine Spitfire IX of 1 Squadron SAAF in early camouflage, 1947
Supermarine Spitfire ix at speed
Douglas C-47 Dakota carrying field Marshal Bernard Montgomery landing at Port Elizabeth, November 26, 1947
Short Sunderland V lands in Durban Bay, 1945
Supermarine Spitfire IX of 60 Squadron
Supermarine Spitfire IX in final version camouflage fires a salvo of 60 Ib rockets, 1950
Hawker SEA fury FB II over Cape Recife Lighthouse, November 1948
VIP Lockheed Ventura over the Roman Rock Buoy, Algoa Bay
Avro Lancaster MRs of French Aeronavale over the Eastern Cape coast in 1954
Westland HR I Dragonfly plane guard and Fairy Firefly AS5 approaching HMS Warrior to land, 1954
Two Hawker Sea Furie FB IIs and a Fairy Firefly FR IV flying from Durban to Port Elizabeth, 1948
North American Harvard II in 1950’s
De Havilland 100 Vampire FB9 over Port Elizabeth Airport, July 16, 1954, the first jet to land in the city
Havilland 104 Devon leaving Port Elizabeth, 1949
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura target tug off the Eastern Cape Coast, 1954
Dassault MD.315 Flamants and a Junkers Ju 52/3m leaving Durban for Port Elizabeth, 1950
Vampire T55 during exercises, 1955
Messerschmitt Me 262 at the Central Flying School in 1955 and now in the South African Museum of Military History
De Havilland 112 Venom FBI near Swartkops Air Base, Pretoria, 1955
Lockheed PV-I Ventura over RMMV Capetown Castle
Avro Shackleton 3 over Algoa Bay and the trawler “Jack” in 1960
Lockheed PV-I Ventura landing at Port Elizabeth Airport on December 4, 1959
Auster AOP 5 near the Central Flying School, Dunottar, in 1955
Hawker Seahawk FGA 6 and de Havilland 112 Sea Venom from HMS Albion over Cape Recife, 1959
Douglas Skyraider AEW-I with HMS Albion in Algoa Bay
Canadair CL-13B Sabre 6 over Port Elizabeth Airport in July 1959
Lockheed PV-I Ventura circling the British troopship, Empire Orwell, formerly Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie “Pretoria”, near Cape Town dock, 1956
Avro Shackleton 2 over RMMV Capetown Castle near Durban in 1953
Skyraider AD-4N of the French Armee I’Air over the coast of Madagascar, 1959
Sikorsky HRS-2 (S-55) landing with a Sikorsky HUS-I (S-58) parked on the deck
Dornier Do 27 hedgehopping in the Bathurst district near Grahamstown
Westland Wasps circle SAS Simon van der Stel in Algoa Bay
Hawker Siddeley S 50 Buccaneer over Port Elizabeth, June 1966
English Electric Canberra B(I) 12 over the Karoo near Graaff-Reinet, 1967
Lockheed P2V-5F Neptune of the US Navy and a Shackelton 3 from the RAF patrol during Operation Capex, 1963
Dassault Mirage III CZ of 2 Squadron, Port Elizabeth, January 1965
English Electric Canberra B2 OF THE Royal Rhodesian Air Force
Sud-Est Alouette III circles Greek cargo ship Evdokia in danger of sinking, June 1979, whilst crewman are lifted to safety by a second Alouette
Lockheed C-130B Hercules taking off, May 1963
Douglas B-26C Invader over Swartkops River, 1966
Breguet Alize preparing to land on the French carrier, Foch, April 1966, near Port Elizabeth
Piaggio P-166s Albatross circles SAS Maria van Riebeeck during exercises off the East Cape coast, 1974
Aerospatiale SA 321L Super Frelon over the flooded Gamtoos River Valley whilst assisting stranded farmers, 1971
Lockheed P3 Orion “Roadrunner” departing Port Elizabeth for Perth, 1973
Aermacchi MB-327M Impala 1 of 5 Squadron over Sundays River Mouth
Rhodesian Air Force Hawker Hunter FGA 9 over the Transvaal, 1974
Aerospatiale SA 330 Puma over Fort Frederick, 1969
Transall C-160Z approaching landing at Port Elizabeth in 1975
Dassault Mirage F1, 1975
Airspeed Oxford of 42 Air School over the Ille de France, which was converted to a troopship in Port Elizabeth in 1943
7621, the last Harvard to serve with 6 Squadron, over the Swartkops River, 1975
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