THE ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION - UK is dedicated to creating the ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES MEMORIAL GROVE at the NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM which will commemorate the men and women who sadly lost their lives whilst serving with ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES during World War 2 and in the Conflicts since.


Royal Air Force Servicing Commandos PHOTO ALBUM NUMBER ONE - 3232 SCU From the Recollections of Ron Roberts Courtesy of Alan Roberts

Corporal Ron Roberts & Dusty Miller at the Pyramids probably around June 1943

2.
SALVAGED ITALIAN MC200 SAETTA MACCHI CASTOLDI 1943

Salvaged Italian MC 200 Saetta-Macchi-Castoldi fighter probably from
6th. Gruppo Autonomo based at Catania, Sicily c. 1943

3.
FIRST LANDING OF MARK X SPITFIRE ON AIRFIELD AT REGGIO CALABRIA CAPTURED BY 3232 SCU BEFORE ARRIVAL OF 8TH. ARMY

FIRST LANDING OF MARK X SPITFIRE ON AIRFIELD AT REGGIO CALABRIA CAPTURED BY 3232 SCU BEFORE ARRIVAL OF 8TH. ARMY

"First landing" of Mark X Spitfire in airfield at Reggio Calabria
captured by 3232 SCU before arrival of 8th. Army.

4.

A German Messerschmitt 109E possibly salvaged from Kasfereet
or from the captured Italian airfield at Reggio Calabria

5.

Italy - part of the 3232 SCU convoy in the Italian Peninsula,
3000 feet above sea level, late September 1943

6.
A VIEW OF SOME THE UNIT WITH RON ROBERTS SEATED WITH FIGHTER AIRCRAFT BEHIND, PROBABLY TAKEN IN ITALY, SEPTEMBER 1943

A VIEW OF SOME THE UNIT WITH RON ROBERTS SEATED WITH FIGHTER AIRCRAFT BEHIND, PROBABLY TAKEN IN ITALY, SEPTEMBER 1943

A view of some of the unit with Ron Roberts seated with
fighter aircraft behind, probably taken in Italy, September 1943

7.
CORPORAL RON ROBERTS FIRST ON LEFT IN ITALY 1943

CORPORAL RON ROBERTS FIRST ON LEFT IN ITALY 1943

1st. on left Corporal Ron Roberts in Italy 1943

Royal Air Force Servicing Commandos