3 days at Grand Reef with the same shirt & underpants. I did a 28 day camp without a change of clothes or a bath /shower. We left our kit at the Drill Hall in Salisbury as we were doing a few days of battle camp East of Mazoe & told to only bring what we could carry & that our kit would be sent to us prior to deployment in the op area. We then went to Madziwa TTL & never saw our kit until we returned to Salisbury. Every 3 days a truck would RV with us in the bush & issue us with new rat packs, batteries & gas cannisters. When we got back to Drill Hall the Pay Corp didn't want to pay us as we stank so much. Luckily one Sgt. had a personal 9mm & he "persuaded" Pay Corp to discharge their duty 😂 1 guy had biltong in his steel trunk & this had sat for 28 days in Salisbury. There was a spiders web of green mould all over his kit when he opened it up. I had to have 3 baths to get clean & lost what l thought was a good tan 😂. The 3rd bath was to actually clean the tide mark off the bath. On washing my clobber it fell to pieces, coming apart at the seams
Thanks Guy and Hannes for this bit of humour.. what a character you are Guy … more to come is appreciated .. Tatenda 🙏🏻 and Tatenda to John for the production which is always top notch 👌🏻👍🙏🏻
Guy was my immediate Boss for a few years in the Goblin Bay. Along with Bob Mackie the bay Warrant Officer, Guy taught me so much. Nicknamed "Pushty" and was a real character. The "New" engine build was known as 32 in the bay because its official number was 8888. Good days were had in ERS - many many hours working to keep up with the demand on repaired engines - overtime every day.
Sir... Thank you so very much... Your words Ring so so True... Fellows, Chaps, Lads truly missed out on Military discipline... I regrettably was born too late.. If I was at least 14 years old I would have been Shoulder to Shoulder with you Men....!!!!! Cheers and Utter Respect to Each and Every Single Boy, Man and Woman whom Fought the Good Fight.... 👍 👏
Thanks for your interesting story Guy, I see you haven't lost your sense of humour! Thanks also for the mention of my Non Destructive Testing Department. I used to love your tales in Five Sqn crew room when we were awaiting the aircraft returning!
This is another amazing video and interview! The slide show and music were perfect. For Hannes… I noticed while listening to “A Handful of Hard Men” that you include statements from Pete “Lofty” Loftus of the RLI. One of Martin’s videos on 5 Romeo Romeo/5RR is titled “Lofty.” In it he describes what a great soldier an mentor he was. At the end he states that he has never seen him since, but that he wished he could talk to him again and express his appreciation. If possible, please contact Martin & Lofty so they can reconnect. 🙏🏼 Thank you for all of your time and effort creating these wonderful videos. I wish I had access to them (and to 5RR) when I was a young Infantry Lieutenant. Best wishes from the US! 🇺🇸⚔️ PS - “We Dared to Win” and “A Handful of Hard Men” are both fantastic! Rhodesia’s warriors truly set the standard for excellence. The audiobooks were very well done. Here’s Martin’s video on Lofty: ua-cam.com/video/OmNsO1an_2k/v-deo.html
I am re-posting a post I made to the Group on January 8, 2021; Rhodesian Air Supply. This post shows the pics of the Rhodesia Herald newspaper cuttings, kindly supplied to me by Colin Schafer, who survived this crash, on that fateful day, on January 6, 1977. The personnel names, ranks and ages can be found in the newspaper cuttings. I have seen and heard a few variations to this story, so, I am hoping this post clarifies what really happened in this incident. Pilot, Squadron Leader Peter Arthur Barnett DMM, Co-Pilot, Flight Lieutenant David Edwin Mallet, with Air Dispatch Crew Commander, Corporal Anthony Bradley, standing between both pilots, were following the Lundi River at low level, on return to FAF-7, Chiredzi/Triangle. Dakota R7034 struck, an un-charted steel cable conveyor, constructed by a farmer, to transfer bags of grain and miscellaneous goods, across the Lundi River. The pilots and Tony Bradley, were killed instantly, de-capitated by the steel cables. Sergeant Ray Walker, the technician, was sitting in his navigators' pit, just behind the cockpit, hit the bulkhead face first, on impact. Although badly injured and blinded by blood, he sensed the aircraft climbing and forced his way to the controls and pushed down to level out the 'plane. Apparently, the aircraft then wheeled to port and came to ground. He survived along with three of the dispatchers; Colin Schafer, Keith Coomer and Simon Abbott. Colin Schafer suffered a broken neck and made a full recovery. I'm told the other two survivors were uninjured, apart from being badly shaken. This is the most accurate account, I can find to relate this tragedy. This account has been confirmed by Colin Schafer, along with his newspaper cuttings. Anything, I may have failed to include, or if anything is unclear, please don't hesitate to inquire, I am in contact with Colin and I am certain he will have an answer to any questions.
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3 days at Grand Reef with the same shirt & underpants. I did a 28 day camp without a change of clothes or a bath /shower. We left our kit at the Drill Hall in Salisbury as we were doing a few days of battle camp East of Mazoe & told to only bring what we could carry & that our kit would be sent to us prior to deployment in the op area. We then went to Madziwa TTL & never saw our kit until we returned to Salisbury. Every 3 days a truck would RV with us in the bush & issue us with new rat packs, batteries & gas cannisters. When we got back to Drill Hall the Pay Corp didn't want to pay us as we stank so much. Luckily one Sgt. had a personal 9mm & he "persuaded" Pay Corp to discharge their duty 😂 1 guy had biltong in his steel trunk & this had sat for 28 days in Salisbury. There was a spiders web of green mould all over his kit when he opened it up. I had to have 3 baths to get clean & lost what l thought was a good tan 😂. The 3rd bath was to actually clean the tide mark off the bath. On washing my clobber it fell to pieces, coming apart at the seams
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Yes indeed Hannes I agree it is time to hear your and John's stories! Please that would be great
Chheers
Thanks Guy and Hannes for this bit of humour.. what a character you are Guy … more to come is appreciated .. Tatenda 🙏🏻 and Tatenda to John for the production which is always top notch 👌🏻👍🙏🏻
Thank you so much!
Really enjoyed this series, respect to these very skilled engineers “making a plan”.
Thank you
Guy was my immediate Boss for a few years in the Goblin Bay. Along with Bob Mackie the bay Warrant Officer, Guy taught me so much. Nicknamed "Pushty" and was a real character. The "New" engine build was known as 32 in the bay because its official number was 8888. Good days were had in ERS - many many hours working to keep up with the demand on repaired engines - overtime every day.
Sir... Thank you so very much... Your words Ring so so True... Fellows, Chaps, Lads truly missed out on Military discipline... I regrettably was born too late.. If I was at least 14 years old I would have been Shoulder to Shoulder with you Men....!!!!!
Cheers and Utter Respect to Each and Every Single Boy, Man and Woman whom Fought the Good Fight.... 👍 👏
Thanks for your interesting story Guy, I see you haven't lost your sense of humour! Thanks also for the mention of my Non Destructive Testing Department. I used to love your tales in Five Sqn crew room when we were awaiting the aircraft returning!
This is another amazing video and interview! The slide show and music were perfect.
For Hannes… I noticed while listening to “A Handful of Hard Men” that you include statements from Pete “Lofty” Loftus of the RLI. One of Martin’s videos on 5 Romeo Romeo/5RR is titled “Lofty.” In it he describes what a great soldier an mentor he was. At the end he states that he has never seen him since, but that he wished he could talk to him again and express his appreciation.
If possible, please contact Martin & Lofty so they can reconnect. 🙏🏼
Thank you for all of your time and effort creating these wonderful videos. I wish I had access to them (and to 5RR) when I was a young Infantry Lieutenant.
Best wishes from the US! 🇺🇸⚔️
PS - “We Dared to Win” and “A Handful of Hard Men” are both fantastic! Rhodesia’s warriors truly set the standard for excellence. The audiobooks were very well done.
Here’s Martin’s video on Lofty:
ua-cam.com/video/OmNsO1an_2k/v-deo.html
Just excellent. Well done to all concerned.
Brilliant, thank you!
Good to see you Guy.
Do any of you guys remember Wyn Dallas?
I am re-posting a post I made to the Group on January 8, 2021; Rhodesian Air Supply.
This post shows the pics of the Rhodesia Herald newspaper cuttings, kindly supplied to me by Colin Schafer, who survived this crash, on that fateful day, on January 6, 1977. The personnel names, ranks and ages can be found in the newspaper cuttings.
I have seen and heard a few variations to this story, so, I am hoping this post clarifies what really happened in this incident.
Pilot, Squadron Leader Peter Arthur Barnett DMM, Co-Pilot, Flight Lieutenant David Edwin Mallet, with Air Dispatch Crew Commander, Corporal Anthony Bradley, standing between both pilots, were following the Lundi River at low level, on return to FAF-7, Chiredzi/Triangle.
Dakota R7034 struck, an un-charted steel cable conveyor, constructed by a farmer, to transfer bags of grain and miscellaneous goods, across the Lundi River.
The pilots and Tony Bradley, were killed instantly, de-capitated by the steel cables. Sergeant Ray Walker, the technician, was sitting in his navigators' pit, just behind the cockpit, hit the bulkhead face first, on impact. Although badly injured and blinded by blood, he sensed the aircraft climbing and forced his way to the controls and pushed down to level out the 'plane. Apparently, the aircraft then wheeled to port and came to ground. He survived along with three of the dispatchers; Colin Schafer, Keith Coomer and Simon Abbott. Colin Schafer suffered a broken neck and made a full recovery. I'm told the other two survivors were uninjured, apart from being badly shaken.
This is the most accurate account, I can find to relate this tragedy. This account has been confirmed by Colin Schafer, along with his newspaper cuttings. Anything, I may have failed to include, or if anything is unclear, please don't hesitate to inquire, I am in contact with Colin and I am certain he will have an answer to any questions.
Very cool! \m/
I hope the white ants are holding hands 😂
Just excellent. Well done to all concerned.