South African Air Force Douglas Boston bombers in flight over the North African coast. May 1943. Victor Sierra

South African Air Force in color

British Army casualties on stretchers wait to be loaded into a Lockheed Lodestar ambulance aircraft of the South African Air Force, at Catania Airport, Sicily, for evacuation to hospitals in North Africa. Date perhaps Summer 1943. Victor Sierra

South African ambulance aircraft

Italy, end 1943. Attempts being made to free a Douglas Dakota of No. 267 Squadron RAF Detachment, bogged down in the mud at Catania, Sicily, following the heavy Autumn rains. Victor Sierra