LIBYA - El Adem

[billd766]

Sorry for the post above but I screwed it up.

From 1966 to 1968 I went on Armament Practice Camp to El Adem 4 times with 54 Sqdn Hunters from West Raynham.

I am sort of writing about my life and have reached West Raynham and would like to post some pictures which may be of interest.

54 sqdn el adem 1966.jpg
54 Sqdn detachment

el adem astra oct66.jpg
Astra Cinema programme Oct 1966

The Sqdn wall at El Adem.jpg
Sqdn wall

flight line el adem.jpg
54 flight line

sketch map of el adem.jpg
sketch map

el adem ops wing hq.jpg
Ops wing HQ

[billd766]

Some more pictures.

gun - el adem july69.jpg
Gun at El Adem

eng change el adem 69.jpg
Engine change at El Adem

Fieldmarshall Erwin Rommel the Desert Fox personal underground bunker.jpg
Field Marshal Rommel's personal bunker at Tobruk

German monument tobruk.jpg
German monument near Tobruk

knightsbridge cemetery aerial view.jpg
Knightsbridge cemetery arial view

hunter xf442 el adem 69.jpg
54 Sqdn Hunter XF 442 El Adem 1969

old Italian church Tobruk c2007.jpg
Old Italian Church Tobruk c2007

raf tobruk front gate.jpg
RAF Tobruk front gate

rc church tobruk c1969.jpg
RC Church Tobruk c 1969

I have some Google Earth stuff but I did a screen shot and saved it to word and the file is around 1.3 mB and I can only post to 445 kB.

Any ideas on how to reduce the file size?

[Daveg4otu]

Save it as a .jpg file....this should be much smaller...sounds like you have a .bmp or.tif at the moment.

[canberra]

A different film every night at the pictures, brilliant. And if I ahd to name my all time favourite film I would say it was Guns at Batasi,"I do not see you now Mr Boniface!".

[PETERTHEEATER]

Great pics billd766.

The temporary buildings seen behind the 'gun' were known as Twynhams and appear to be the post war replacement for the Nissen. RAF Muharraq (Bahrein) had the same type.

[billd766]

A different film every night at the pictures, brilliant. And if I ahd to name my all time favourite film I would say it was Guns at Batasi,"I do not see you now Mr Boniface!".

El Adem was not what you might call the entertainment centre of Libya and there very few people who would miss the film for being on duty hence I assume the nightly changes.

[ted angus]

Great pics billd766.

The temporary buildings seen behind the 'gun' were known as Twynhams and appear to be the post war replacement for the Nissen. RAF Muharraq (Bahrein) had the same type.

Akrotiri had them too

[billd766]

Some more pictures from Google Earth

Free French war cemetery.jpg
Free French war cemetery at the El Adem/Tobruk/Egypt T junction

British Commonwealth and probably Italian cemeteries.jpg
British, Commonwealth and IIRC the old Italian cemeteries

German war memorial.jpg
German war memorial

RAF El Adem 11 July 2006 v03.jpg
ex RAF El Adem in 2007.

Detachment guys lived in a block reputed to be an old Italian stables.
We were in double bunks and about 30 to a room. 4 rooms, no ceilings and 3 shifts, earlies lates and days. Even the Cpls were in double bunks.

bill fern at el adem.jpg
Brake chute replacement time

george, ron, mel & bill (partial) at el adem.jpg
4 linies and only the top of my head is showing but look at all the hair I had then.

[canberra]

No ceilings???? I wonder if you mean no ceiling fans?

[Forestfan2]

Even in those days the RAF was trying to save money!