Calling all Springboks!

[72modeler]

Stumbled upon this while looking for RAF Ventura information for another topic; beats me why this came up, except maybe because one of the aircraft pictured was a Ventura! Search engines are really unpredictable sometimes. It has always fascinated me how the only genuine Me-262b night fighter ended up in South Africa! I hope many of you will enjoy looking at these photos.

Mike

 

http://silverhawkauthor.com/warplanes-of-the-second-world-war-preserved-in-south-africa_467.html

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Good stuff mike 👍

[Charlie Hugo]

5 hours ago, 72modeler said:

Stumbled upon this while looking for RAF Ventura information for another topic; beats me why this came up, except maybe because one of the aircraft pictured was a Ventura! Search engines are really unpredictable sometimes. It has always fascinated me how the only genuine Me-262b night fighter ended up in South Africa! I hope many of you will enjoy looking at these photos.

Mike

 

http://silverhawkauthor.com/warplanes-of-the-second-world-war-preserved-in-south-africa_467.html

What is lesser known that in addition to the Me262B and Fw190A there was also a Me262A and a Fw190D, both have been scrapped and destroyed as well as a Ju88 and a Hawker Fury, also scrapped.

 

More aircraft can be seen here

, someday I should broaden the galleries.

 

http://www.wildaviation.com/gallery3/index.php/Walkarounds

[Etiennedup]

Here is Black 2  in faded wartime colours  in 1964..........

 

 

[72modeler]

10 hours ago, Charlie Hugo said:

More aircraft can be seen here

Charlie,

 

Thanks for posting your gallery photos; I have had your website saved for a while, but it's nice to put a name with the site!

Mike

[cngaero]

Great site Mike, thanks for the link.