Korean War photo album

[Brett Hendey]

The latest addition to my Korean War collection is a photograph album that records the involvement of 2 Squadron, South African Air Force, in the Korean War. It consists of 125 pages of mostly unpublished photographs compiled by a certain WO2 W A Conradie (? of the SAAF), probably in the 1950's. There are also a few other items (e.g. copies of the programme for a rugby football match between 2 Squadron and a Waseda University XV played at the Tokyo Rugby Ground).

Although the album is rather amateurishly produced, it is an invaluable record. The men in the photographs are identified and this is particularly useful in the case of 'other ranks'. The person who located the album for me is a retired SAAF officer with a 40-year interest in 2 Squadron/Korea and he knows of only two other similar albums, one of which is in a museum. It is not known how many such albums were produced by Conradie, but the number must have been very limited.

Attached is a photograph that gives an impression of the album. When I am allowed to post larger attachments I will add examples of some of the pages.

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Brett