AFB Ysterplaat Timeline
1941 – 1945 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Brooklyn Air Station established on…
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1941 – 1945 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Brooklyn Air Station established on…
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HISTORY AND LOCATION OF AFB YSTERPLAAT PART II The History of Ysterplaat 1810 – 1941 (The Early Years) (View Part One Here) To a certain extent it is not known precisely when aviators started using Ysterplaat as a landing field, but it is interesting to know some of the background to what we know as…
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Ysterplaat Air Show incorporating Wings and Wheels Air Show Helpline Number: 021 508 6414 Click for further information!
The 12th reunion of the survivors of Pelican 16 took place at the Blue Peter Hotel in Blaauwberg Strand on the evening of 13 July 2006. The Blue Peter Hotel has become a significant contributor to the SAAF Museum, and in this instance, the spread of Moroccan food, the decor in the dining room as…
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WARRANT OFFICER MYLES JAMES PATRIC BOYD 13.12.1938 – 10.08.2011 Pat was born in Brakpan South Africa and was educated at Nottingham Road Boarding School in the Midlands of Natal, some 65Km west of Pietermaritsburg. Joining the South African Air Force in 1955, he underwent Basic Training at the newly created Air Force Gymnasium…
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HISTORY AND LOCATION OF AFB YSTERPLAAT Introduction to flight in South Africa The dream of flight was long given hopeful expression in the mythology of the ancient civilisations and indeed the great Leonardo de Vinci also saw the possibility of flight and drew it on paper centuries before it became reality. And when flight…
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Kev Furness 1951 – 2011 Kevin was born on 05 November 1951, 11 months after his brother Alan at Shabani in Rhodesia, who both eventually lived in Salisbury. After they left high school Kevin went first of all into the British South Africa Police in Harare and then into the Rhodesian Air Force in the…
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