Photos: RAF in Mesopotamia

[MaureenE]

Some photographs of the RAF in Mesopotamia in the early 1920s may be found in The Edwin Newman Collection from SDASM Archives San Diego Air & Space Museum on flickr.com

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/sets/72157629974581728 . Also contains photos from Egypt, Palestine etc, and later periods.

Some examples:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/7304571600/in/album-72157629974581728/ No. 30B Squadron Detachment Kirkuk -The Camp 1924

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/7304606442/in/album-72157629974581728/ Kirkuk Town 1924

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/7304659134/in/album-72157629974581728 Armoured car

Elsewhere (http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/pre-ww2-british-rolls-royce-armoured-531971633) this is described as Iraq 1920: Number 1 Armoured Car Company RAF, No.4 Section, No.33, Her Majesty's Armoured Car (HMAC) "TIGRIS".

NO.4 Section was based in Shaibah, 14 miles south of Basrah. It was equipped with the famous Rolls Royce Armoured Cars with a Vickers Machine Gun mounted in the turret. The Company duties was performing airfield defence duties, route clearance and reconnaissance as well as being a Quick Reaction Force (QRF) .

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/7304646530/in/photostream/Ready for action [Armoured Cars] No details given.

Cheers

Maureen

[bushfighter]

Shukran Jazeelan marrathaaniyya, Sadeeqa.

Harry

[Starlight]

Though it may take a bit of searching, the Akkasah Centre for Photography (New York University Abu Dhabi) is in the process of digitising several albums in its possession, containing photographs taken by RAF personnel from 1910 through to the 'forties. Here is the link:  https://akkasah.org/en/page/frontpage~2Fcollections/photo-albums