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Title: Bombing Iraq, Witch Doctors & Shooting Hippos: RAF life, 1922 (56k no) Post by: Acidmouse on November 13, 2006, 10:32:46 PM Meet Sgt Grant, pilot in the Royal Air Force.
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/Theflightcrew-1.jpg) He served in Iraq, Egypt and "Deepest Africa" in the 1920s, flew thousands of miles, visited exotic places -- and occasionally bombed them -- hunted wild animals and did a lot more besides. And he took photos. Of everything. Three large albums worth, crammed with shots of aeroplane, aerial shots, "native princes", tribal hunts, friends. . . . A lot of memories. All carefully labelled and named. They've been behind my sofa for the past six months. Let's go travelling. It's 1922: ALBUM 1 Tour of Service: Iraq, Syria, Palestine & Egypt *IRAQ* (Baghdad, Samarra, Kirkuk and elsewhere) Baghdad East (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/1-BagdadEast.jpg) River Tigris (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/2-RiverTigris--LeftBank.jpg) Baghdad - The Golden Domes (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/4-TheGoldenDomes.jpg) Baghdad - The Tomb of a Sheik (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/5-ThetombofaSheik.jpg) Baghdad - Hinaidi Aerodome (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/6-HinaidiAerodome.jpg) Hinaidi - American World Flyer (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/8-AmericanWorldFlyer.jpg) Samarra-- A Sacred City (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/10-Samarra-ASacredCity.jpg) The Ladies of Baghdad (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/11-LadiesofBaghdad.jpg) Bazian Pass - F/lieut Kinhead (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/13-BazianPass-FltKinhead.jpg) -- F/Lieut Sam Kinhead died in a fatal crash in 1928. He was trying to break the world speed record. Peri Magurum -- 9,700 ft High (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/14-PeriMagurum9700fthigh.jpg) Line Abreast -- F/lt Kinhead, S/Ldr Robb, F/O French (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/16-LineAbreast-Kinhead-Robb--French.jpg) Sulaimaniyah -- 230 lb Bomb burst As promised: bombing Iraq in the 1920s (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/17-Sulaimaniyah-230lbbombburst.jpg) Sulaimaniyah -- 520 lb Bomb burst (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/18-Sulaimaniyah-520lbbombburst.jpg) *SYRIA* Ruins of Baalbec (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/20-Syria-RuinsofBaalbec.jpg) * PALESTINE * The Arch of Judas (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/24-Palestine-ArchofJudas.jpg) Palestine Railway (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/23-Palestine-Railway.jpg) Mosque of Omar (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/27-Palestine-MosqueofOmar.jpg) Rachael's Well, Bethlehem (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/25-Palestine-RachaelsWell-Bethlehem.jpg) *EGYPT* Heliopolis -- The Aerodrome (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/28-Heliopolis-Theaerodrome.jpg) The Heliopolis Palace Hotel (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/29-Heliopolis-TheheliopolisPalaceHo.jpg) *Death of A Warrior -- JR 6604 in lake Timsah* If anyone can tell me about the downing of JR6604, I'd be more than delighted F/O Leete (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/30-JR604inLakeTimsah-FOLeete.jpg) (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/32-JR6604inLakeTimsah-Preparation.jpg) (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/33-JR6604inLakeTimsah-somethingdone.jpg) (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/34-JR604inLakeTimsah-ARest.jpg) Port said (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/37-Egypt-PortSaid.jpg) S.S. Narkunda -- Lord Allenby Leaves Egypt -- Aerial Escort (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/38-LordAllenbyleavesEgypt--S.jpg) 208 Squadron Machines Okay, while Sgt Grant was taking pictures. . .who was flying? (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/39-PortSaid-208Squadronmachines.jpg) Port Said Harbour (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/40-PortSaid--TheHarbour.jpg) Suez Canal -- Ships that Pass (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/41-SuezCanal-ShipsthatPass---1.jpg) Suez Canal -- HMS Effingham (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/50-SuezCanal-HMSEffingham.jpg) Ismailia - The Garrison (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/51-Ismailia-TheGarrison.jpg) Witch doctor (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/Kettlesquid/WitchDoctor.jpg) Title: Re: Bombing Iraq, Witch Doctors & Shooting Hippos: RAF life, 1922 (56k no) Post by: tikay on November 13, 2006, 10:40:41 PM More of these please! Title: Re: Bombing Iraq, Witch Doctors & Shooting Hippos: RAF life, 1922 (56k no) Post by: dik9 on November 13, 2006, 10:46:53 PM Fantastic!!
Unfortunate name S Kinhead :dontask: Title: Re: Bombing Iraq, Witch Doctors & Shooting Hippos: RAF life, 1922 (56k no) Post by: Tonji on November 13, 2006, 10:55:17 PM Those aviation photos are tremendous, they remind of the life of French author, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, he flew Sopwith's in North Africa around the same time.
btw acid, check your pm's Title: Re: Bombing Iraq, Witch Doctors & Shooting Hippos: RAF life, 1922 (56k no) Post by: Acidmouse on November 13, 2006, 11:02:32 PM Sorry bout keep adding pics, i pressed submit halfway through and had to add more.Lots more of these from other countries from the same pilot!
Title: Re: Bombing Iraq, Witch Doctors & Shooting Hippos: RAF life, 1922 (56k no) Post by: Claw75 on November 13, 2006, 11:07:12 PM really interesting pics - thanks for sharing. Fantastic quality too.
Title: Re: Bombing Iraq, Witch Doctors & Shooting Hippos: RAF life, 1922 (56k no) Post by: totalise on November 13, 2006, 11:09:03 PM great great stuff. The more the better!
Title: Re: Bombing Iraq, Witch Doctors & Shooting Hippos: RAF life, 1922 (56k no) Post by: tikay on November 13, 2006, 11:18:46 PM Truly awesome!
Title: Re: Bombing Iraq, Witch Doctors & Shooting Hippos: RAF life, 1922 (56k no) Post by: NEVES on November 14, 2006, 08:46:14 AM absolutely brilliant, more please ;applause;
Title: Re: Bombing Iraq, Witch Doctors & Shooting Hippos: RAF life, 1922 (56k no) Post by: Trace on November 14, 2006, 08:49:25 AM Loving them!
Title: Re: Bombing Iraq, Witch Doctors & Shooting Hippos: RAF life, 1922 (56k no) Post by: snoopy1239 on December 02, 2006, 09:43:40 PM smashing
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