2500 pigeons needed from South Africa, May 1943

Commonwealth Joint Air Training Plan, No 23 Air School at Waterkloof, Pretoria, South Africa, January 1943

Training air machine gunners at No 23 Air School. Pupils waiting to take a turn in the power turret rig. The target is a motorized rail buggy which orbited the track at around 40 mph. The Askari native orderlies replenished the ammunition and collected the cases from fired rounds.

Photo by Lt. L. Chetwyn, War Office official photographer.  Imperial War Museum  © IWM (TR 1260)

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AIR23/6546  #24, #25, #35, #36

Commonwealth Joint Air Training Plan, No 23 Air School at Waterkloof, Pretoria, South Africa, January 1943

An RAF pipe band formed by Group Captain Dalzell marches towards the entrance of a camp at Kumalo, near Bulawayo.  Photo by Lt. L. Chetwyn, War Office official photographer.  Imperial War Museum         © IWM (TR 1257)

Commonwealth Joint Air Training Plan, No 23 Air School at Waterkloof, Pretoria, South Africa, January 1943

An Askari native guards an aircraft with an assegai.  Photo by Lt. L. Chetwyn, War Office official photographer.  Imperial War Museum © IWM (TR 1262)