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. (See also William "Tiny" Hall.)

• Contributions from others.

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

North Africa, 1942-1943

Zoran Petek's 8s clip on YouTube of 92 Squadron Spitfires and ground crew in the desert in 1942-43 is interesting to watch.

Hurricane of 80 Squadron (person unknown). Taken while Eric Barnes was on temporary detachment at LG 92 in June-July 1942, pending 92 Squadron becoming operational.	The start of the WD Oct 1942	WD 1942
Tunis 1943	"El Djem. The hedges are huge cactus plants"	WD 1942
WD 1942		Del Al. Oct '42
Heliopolis 1942	"El Al 1942. Minefield. Bag of Mud and Shit"	"Bob's birthday Dec 22nd. Rob's birthday Dec 18th. 'Wont let us be happy'. Let's have a b-good day. With all best wishes. Rob."
Nov 1942, Gambut	Egypt 1942	"Sqdn Leader Wedgewood. Gambut 1942"
Memphis, Egypt 1942	WD 1942	Libya 1942
Stanley Bay, Alexandria 1942	"Tunis May 14th. One of the main streets."	Umaria (?) WD 1942
Eric Barnes back row second left, Bob Baldry front row first left.	Preparing to pitch a tent. Marson Peet with the axe.
Hair cut	Squadron sports	Squadron sports
Air crew	Mail plane (Fairey Gordon)	Mail plane (Fairey Gordon)
Crashed Ju 87	Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2/Trop of Uffz. Horst Schlick, JG77 (source David Weiss)	Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2/Trop of Hptm. Heinz Bär, JG77. Bir-el-Abd around Nov 1942 (source David Weiss)
German graves	German graves	WD 1942
	Egypt 1942
	Bob Baldry	Wally Adams, Bob Baldry, Fred G.W. Cumbers
	Wally Adams	Bob Baldry, Eric Barnes, unknown
Eric Barnes wearing C/O's cap		Libya 1942

Out in the Blue (left-to-right)
Eric Barnes, Wally Adams, ? Barnes, Jones (R), Tubby Back (in front), Paddy Fairlie, Jones, Taff Isaacs, Butler, Tom Eltringham

Swimming Party, 'A' Flight, Bitter Lake, Egypt, 1942
Bob Baldry (back row centre), Eric Barnes (front, second from right), Richard (Dick) Gibbons (far-right in hat)

Following sections

• Italy 1943-1945.

• 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.