Rhodesian Air Force Personnel
(P to Z) up to 1980
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This list of Air Force personalities has been compiled from available photographs. If your name does not appear and you would like to have it added, please send a suitable photograph and a 10 word (max) list of your Air Force postings to the Webmaster. It is hoped that with your co-operation a comprehensive list for the period prior to 1980 will eventually be produced.
4212 Paintin, Edward H, "Ed", Pilot, 4Sqn 3Sqn
6074 Palmer, Richard "Buzz", Engines
5041 Pardoe, Roy, Airframes
Parmenter, Pat, Engines
Parsons, Rob,
7 Sqn pilot
Direct entry
Pasea, Doug,
5 Sqn navigator
Penton, Ozzie, OC 7 Sqn, OC New Sarum 1974-75
Pepper, Terry, Engines
P J H Petter-Bowyer
OC 4 Sqn and Father of Rhodesian Air Recce
Staff Office Projects
Famed for his development of air to ground weaponry
Pingo, Mike. 7 Sqn Pilot
1385, Pirie, Jock, Medical
George Posselt, 22 PTC
5861, Potts, John, Engineer
4213, Potterton, Ed
2 Sqn, 1 Sqn, Op Sand, 4 Sqn, 7 Sqn
Works 1, OC 7 Sqn
Potterton, Owen, Photo Section, Air Force Shooting Team
5400, Pringle, John, 11 LAR, Instruments
Thornhill Inst Sect 2 Sqn 1 Sqn 4 Sqn, Op Sand, Sarum Inst Sect, 1GTS, WO i/c GTS
4535 Reid-Rowland, John
Pilot on 3 Sqn
Direct Entry Short Service (1979-1981)
5976, Rickert, Guy, Armourer
5725, Rix, Rob
5995 Roberts, , Clive
6132, Roberts, Anthony, "Sketch", Stores
Roberts, Barry "Barrel", 7 Sqn pilot
6341, Roberts, Dave
Roode, Dirk, Equipment
Rooken-Smith, William "Rooks", 33 PTC, 7 Sqn
4240, Rowe, Dave, 4 Sqn, 7 Sqn
5816 Sattethwaite, Pete, Motor Transport
5106 Sayers, Ron
Scatcherd, Ginge, Tech Engines officer
WO1 on 1 Sqn
Rose to the rank of Wg Cdr.
Scholvink, Fedor, 33 PTC, 7 Sqn
Sheffield, Ian, 4 Sqn Pilot, Direct Entry Short Service.
NEVER awarded any gallantry decoration.
Now known as Christina Sheffield, or Livingstone
Shepherd, Roger, Tech (3 Sqn and 7 Sqn)
Wounded in action
Simpson Geoff, Instruments
4266 Simmonds, Pete("Simmo"), OC 4 Sqn, OC 7 Sqn
Simmonds, Roy, Technical Officer
Simmonds, Ron, Technical WO
5872 Sinclair, Doug or "Moose", Airframes
4115 Slatter, Hugh
Commander Air Force of Zimbabwe at the time of the Thornhill Aircraft Sabotage July 1982
6197 Speight, Ron
5541 Spoor, Ken, Airframes, 7 Sqn
Starkie, Ken, Engines
5300 Stone, David or "Unk"
2121 Strauss, Mike, Medic
5350 Straw, Peter, "Pete", Safety Equipment
Swart, Boet
4216 Sykes, William, "Bill", Pilot, 21PTC 2Sqn 1Sqn
Senior Warrant Officer Takaruza
Southern Rhodesia Air Askari Corps, 1940 (became CSM)
Rhodesian African Rifles, 1947 (private), 1953 (CSM),
Transferred to General Service Unit, Royal Rhodesian Air Force in 1961 as Snr Warrant Officer
4019 Tasker, Robert, "Rob", Pilot, 2Sqn 6Sqn
5568 Templeton, Dave, Accounts Officer
6018 Teromf, Alan
Thompson, Bob, 32 LAR
Electrician. Served on Ops on 7 Sqn
MFC (Ops)
4262 Todd, Greg, Pilot, 4 Sqn, 7 Sqn
5248 Toms, Mike, Ground Equipment
6377 Tselentis, Nick, 29LAR, 1 GTS, ASF, 5 Sqn, 7 Sqn
4113 Tubbs, Charlie, SATCO, Thornhill
Tubbs, Phil, Engineer air crew gunner
Served on Ops on 7 Sqn
MFC (Ops)
Tucker, Chris, 4 Sqn Pilot
5935 Van Schalkwyk, Boet
Varkevisser, J "Varkie", Pilot, 4 Sqn, 2 Sqn
4073 Vass, Ron, Pilot, 3 Sqn
Vaughan, Bernie, Navigator, 5 Sqn
5712 Walters, Edward "Ted", Stores
Waterman, James or Jim, Engines
4234 Watt, Roger, 4 Sqn, 7 Sqn
5430 Way, Fredrick "Fred or Freddie", Machine Shop
Wightman, Vic, 11 SSU, OC 1 Sqn
White, Cyril, OC 4 Sqn
White, Dave, Tech 7 Sqn
5465 Whiting, Colin
Whyte, Bob, 7 Sqn MFC (OP)
4524 Wild, Alf, 4 Sqn, 1 Sqn
6757 Wiles, W.N.P., Radio Section
Sqn Ldr E.R. Wilkinson, 18 PTC, OC 6 Sqn
Archie Wilson as a very young officer
Direct Entry Pilot
Later Air Marshal
Commanded The Rhodesian Air Force I968 to 1973
Photo sent by ORAFS
4015 Wright, Gordon, 1 Sqn, 4 Sqn, Air HQ
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