Photos of Ground Crew Life with 92 Squadron RAF

Photographs from the albums of Eric Barnes and Bob Baldry

Sections

• Main page, and UK 1938-1941.

• North Africa 1942-1943.

• Italy 1943-1945.

• Contributions from others.

  • Stanley 'Mike' Widdowson.
  • R.M. Milne.
  • William Marson Peet.
  • Ted Brister.
  • William 'Tiny' Hall.
  • Reg (Roland) Reed.

Italy, 1943-1945

"We have just landed. No lorries so we have to walk. The machines will land. This is our first port in Sicily, the sea is in the background and other boats are coming in."	"Landing in Sicily 1943"	"Sicily July 1943. This is where we had meals. The trees are almonds and the bushes are grape vines. This came very acceptable. Having a meal."
Taranto, Italy	Taranto	Taranto
Sep 1943	"A farm house and garden. Italy 1942" (date is wrong for Italy)	Italy 1944
"Merry and I at work outside our tent. Italy 1944"	"Italy. June. Peasants at work in the fields."	"Italian farmer"
Crashed Messerschmitt Bf 110, Italy	German and Italian prisoners	Bellaria, Italy, 1944/45 Personnel include: 'Tiny' Hall, ? Winnit (sp?), Padre, ? Benbow, Eric Barnes and Reg Reed
Italy 1945

Following sections

• Contributions from others.

Copyright

Except where indicated, all images Copyright 2004-2020, David J. Barnes or Robin Baldry, although also see my reference above to image authorship.

If I have inadvertently included material whose copyright belongs to someone else, I would be grateful for that information and will, of course, remove it.