Posted on Oct 20, 2019
Shot down in the desert by Messerschmitt Bf109; WW 2 Tomahawk pilot Cecil Golding interview 1
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Thank you, my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell for posting the interview with WW 2 Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk South African Air Force pilot Cecil Golding
"While doing video interviews with surviving WW2 South African Air Force [SAAF] fighter pilots and subsequent research on their whereabouts, I made contact with Cecil Golding thanks to his past fellow 1 squadron pilot Stewart "Bomb" Finney. Cecil agreed to be video interviewed and share his war-time stories.
The purpose of this site is to present these videos as well as surviving documents, photographs and memorabilia related to the ww2 history of Cecil. Also presented here are photographs of fellow pilots and other related historical information.
Cecil joined the SAAF in early 1941 and was selected for pilot training. After training he was transferred to No. 5 fighter squadron in North Africa, flying outdated Tomahawk aircraft in the SAAF's toughest hour of 1942. As a very young inexperienced pilot he was thrown into battle at a time where the German Luftwaffe had superiority in the air. In July 1942 he got shot down and wounded, claimed by the famous German fighter ace Jochen Marseille. His first tour thus ended hospitalized in Cairo and later sent back to the Union.
Cecil completed two more operational tours with 1 Squadron doing service in Tunisia, Malta, Sicily, Cyprus, Egypt and Italy, flying various versions of the Spitfire aircraft. In 1944 he was promoted to squadron leader of No 3 SAAF squadron and received the DFC award in 1945.
After the war Cecil had a long career in real estate business."
http://cecilgolding.yolasite.com/
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1. 1941 Cecil Golding South African Air Force P-40 Tomahawk Pilot.
2. Cecil Golding OC of South African Air Force [SAAF] No.3 squadron,1945
3. Cecil Golding's aircraft as OC of 3 squadron 1945, Italy.
4. Cecil Golding South African Air Force 1946.jpg
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"While doing video interviews with surviving WW2 South African Air Force [SAAF] fighter pilots and subsequent research on their whereabouts, I made contact with Cecil Golding thanks to his past fellow 1 squadron pilot Stewart "Bomb" Finney. Cecil agreed to be video interviewed and share his war-time stories.
The purpose of this site is to present these videos as well as surviving documents, photographs and memorabilia related to the ww2 history of Cecil. Also presented here are photographs of fellow pilots and other related historical information.
Cecil joined the SAAF in early 1941 and was selected for pilot training. After training he was transferred to No. 5 fighter squadron in North Africa, flying outdated Tomahawk aircraft in the SAAF's toughest hour of 1942. As a very young inexperienced pilot he was thrown into battle at a time where the German Luftwaffe had superiority in the air. In July 1942 he got shot down and wounded, claimed by the famous German fighter ace Jochen Marseille. His first tour thus ended hospitalized in Cairo and later sent back to the Union.
Cecil completed two more operational tours with 1 Squadron doing service in Tunisia, Malta, Sicily, Cyprus, Egypt and Italy, flying various versions of the Spitfire aircraft. In 1944 he was promoted to squadron leader of No 3 SAAF squadron and received the DFC award in 1945.
After the war Cecil had a long career in real estate business."
http://cecilgolding.yolasite.com/
Images:
1. 1941 Cecil Golding South African Air Force P-40 Tomahawk Pilot.
2. Cecil Golding OC of South African Air Force [SAAF] No.3 squadron,1945
3. Cecil Golding's aircraft as OC of 3 squadron 1945, Italy.
4. Cecil Golding South African Air Force 1946.jpg
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