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    Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Koevoet (SWAPOL TIN)

    • 1 year, 11 months ago

    Koevoet teams

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    Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

    • 1 year, 11 months ago

    Hunter FGA9 showing livery used latter half of the 1970’s

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    Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

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    An even better photo of the Dakota showing the anti Strela mod fitted to the engine exhaust.

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    Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Rhodesian Bush War

    • 1 year, 11 months ago

    A superb photo of the three ship Dakota formation en route to the Chimoio strike. On the far Dak, you can clearly see the anti Strela mod fitted to the engine exhaust. The Dak with serial 53 (nearest camera) is one of the original Daks to SRAF/RRAF, and 03 (leading) is ex-SAAF 6841 taken on charge 7.02.64.

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    Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Selous Scouts

    • 1 year, 11 months ago

    Derek Andrews whilst serving with the Selous Scouts, aboard a French manufactured Aérospatiale Alouette helicopter returning from a successful operation in the Hot Springs region of south-east Rhodesia.

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    Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars

    • 1 year, 11 months ago

    A group of BCAÇ 17 Trackers somewhere in the Tete District

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    Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars

    • 1 year, 11 months ago

    Dornier Do-27 delivering mail in Mozambique

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    Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars

    • 1 year, 11 months ago

    Founder and first commanding officer of the Grupos Especiais Pára-quedistas, Colonel Costa Campos wearing the red beret of the GEP, sitting alongside the Commander in Chief of forces in Mozambique, General Kau?lza de Arriaga in an Alouette III helicopter.

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    Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Portuguese Colonial Wars

    • 1 year, 11 months ago

    Bare-chested, First Lieutenant Pereira Bastos, commander of the 8th Special Fusiliers

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      The engines of a Soviet reconnaissance aircraft roared in the sky above the South Atlantic, taking off on a mission from the airfield in Fedotovo near Vologda. Behind them was the Cuban airfield of Jose Marti, then the Angolan...

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    Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Rhodesian Light Infantry

    • 1 year, 11 months ago

    Bloody awesome Interview

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    Greg McEwan-Marriott posted in the group Rhodesian Light Infantry

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    Troop, Rhodesian Light Infantry

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