1850 Squadron Personnel - Page 5

1850 Sqdn. mechanics on the flight deck of HMS. Vengeance in Grand Harbour, Malta in 1945. (back row) Unknown. (front row l to r) Keith Bennit, B. 'Queenie' White, ?, ?.

Alex Fay, 1850 Sqdn. at St. Julian Bay roller skating rink, near Sliema, Malta in 1945.

Leading hand 'Lofty' Edwards, 1850 Sqdn. at St. Julian Bay roller skating rink, near Sliema, Malta in 1945.

Leading hand 'Lofty' Edwards (left) possibly Fitter Leslie Phillips (centre) and Alex Fay (right) at St. Julian Bay roller skating rink, near Sliema, Malta in 1945.

1850 Sqdn. swimming party from HMS. Vengeance. Persons unknown.

1850 Sqdn. swimming party from HMS. Vengeance. Persons unknown. American tanker 'Ohio' in background.

Hut 25 at HMS. Falcon, RNAS. Hal Far, Malta in 1945, with 1850 Sqdn. mechanics (back row l to r) G. 'Lofty'  Wilkinson, ?. (middle row l to r) ?, ?, ?, Eric Rayner. (front row seated) ?, K. 'Chiefie' Downs, P. 'Percy' Peck with notebook, ?, ?.

Hut 26 at HMS. Falcon, RNAS. Hal Far, Malta in 1945.  Alfred Winkley (fitter) standing first (l to r), Maurice Satchell (fitter) standing second (l to r), Keith Bennitt (armourer) seated first (l to r) without hat, third seated (l to r) Leslie Phillips (fitter), fourth seated (l to r) Stanley 'Spud' Taylor (fitter) with pipe seated fourth (l to r).  Others are ?. Naylor and ?. Turle.

Jim Armitage standing 2nd (l to r), Alfred Winkley seated 1st (l to r), Leslie Phillips seated 3rd (l to r) Stan 'Spud' Taylor seated 4th (l to r). Others are ?. Dixon, ?. Naylor, ?. Turle, and ?. Satchell.

1850 Air Mechanics (E) Jimmy May and Ken Reid at Hal Far, Malta  in 1945.

1850 and 812 Squadron air mechanic personnel at Malta in 1945. Front row: (left to right) Unknown, ?. Bristol (1850) (with pliers in hand), unknown (1850), unknown, unknown. Second row: Unknown (1850), unknown (1850), William Scally (812 Photographer) (3rd left to right), Trevor Murphy (812) (4th left to right). Third row:  Harold Smith (812) (1st left to right), Alexander Simpson (812) (2nd left to right), ?. Miller (1850) (4th left to right).  Others unknown.

Keith Bennitt (left) and Eric Rayner, both 1850 Sqdn. armourers in Malta, 1945.

Air Fitter Leslie Phillips (left) and Jim Armitage, taken in Alexandria in May 1945.

Taken ashore at Alexandria in May 1945, before entering the Suez Canal.  Air Mechanic (E) Ken Reid (centre).  Others unknown.

1850 Squadron Personnel in India. Persons Unknown.

Eric Rayner with two locals at Tambaram, India in 1945.

John Overend (3rd l to r) with others (unknown) and locals at Tambaram, India in 1945.