By the 107 MU sign

I am 2nd from the right

Outside the Armourers Billet

My bed space

Guarding the Chanti's

Kasfareet 1951 – Crashed Canberra of 27 Sqdn
The plane crashed on take-off due to engine failure – the crew survived.
The plane was on a courtesy visit from Scampton, Lincs which was my old station

Beaufighter aircraft at Kasfareet

Beaufighter

Kasfareet Model Flying Club

Kasfareet Model Flying Club

Kasfareet Village

Kasfareet Village

Some of the Locals

Christmas at Kasfareet 1954

Tech ‘B’ RAF Kasfareet Football Team 1954-55
Back Row: Williams, McCaw, Lowrie, Lake, King, Edwards, Hurst (Manager)
Front Row: Caulfield, Green, Woodfield, Philpott, Tonge

All Saints - Church of Scotland - Kasfareet

Interior of All Saints Church

Interior of the Catholic Church

Mosque of Mohammed Ali, Cairo 1954

Courtyard of Mosque of Mohammed Ali

Street scene of Cairo

Inside Mohammed Ali Mosque

Mosque taken from the Citadel (Sultan Hussan)

National Museum of Cairo

Trip to the Pyramids

Sphinx of El Giza

Maggie Graham (singer) on camel

French Cruiser on the Canal

Empire Orwell (my transport to Port Said)
Built by Blohm & Vossin in Hamburg in 1936 it was originally called Pretoria and owned by the Germans.
Gross tonnage – 16,662 Length – 577ft Beam – 72.5ft Max Speed – 18 knots
Passengers 152 (1st Class) & 338 (Tourist class)
It was claimed by the British as a “War Prize”, converted to a troopship and re-named the “Empire Doon”.
It was later renamed (in 1948) to “Empire Orwell. It was managed for the Ministry of War Transport by the Orient Steam Navigation Company. In 1987 she was sold for scrap to Taiwanese breakers.