Steve Johnson
Jul 1
Vickers Vernon of 70 Squadron at RAF Hinaidi
This photograph was taken by the then Pilot Officer (later Air Commodore) David W F Bonham-Carter of several Vickers Vernon transport...
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Steve Johnson
Jun 28
Earliest Image of the RAF Hinaidi Cantonment, Baghdad
This photograph was taken by the then Pilot Officer (later Air Commodore) David W F Bonham-Carter from the cockpit of a 6 Squadron...
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Steve Johnson
Jun 21
Iraq Levies Memorial at RAF Habbaniya
I have just added to my website high resolution photographs of the Memorial at the RAF Habbaniya War Cemetery in Iraq, erected to honour...
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Steve Johnson
Jun 17
Copy of The Siege of Habbaniya 1941
When the Iraqi forces lay siege to RAF Habbaniya on the 2nd May 1941 (part of the Battle of Habbaniya), the British were caught unawares....
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Steve Johnson
Jun 9
Copy of 300th Burial at Hinaidi (Ma'Asker) RAF Cemetery
Thanks to the assistance of fellow researcher Paul McMillan, I have been able to find sufficient evidence to prove that the 'vacant'...
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Steve Johnson
Apr 25
203 Squadron Rangoon moored on the Tigris at Baghdad
These three photographs show how passengers from RAF Hinaidi boarded a 203 Squadron Rangoon flying boat moored on the River Tigris, Baghdad
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