RAF Armoured Car Company - N02 AC Squadron- Later 2 SQN RAF Regiment

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No 2 RAF Armoured Car Sqn - 1941-42 in Somaliland and Aden

Patrick Kelly Wyatt served in the Royal Air Force from 30/5/1939 - 29/5/1963.

Many thanks to Pat Bradley and Trish Bradley (Daughter of Patrick Wyatt) for all the pictures and information.

2 Armoured Car Sqn - Patrick Wyatt Royal Air Force

Patrick Wyatt served in the Royal Air Force for 24 years and part of that service Patrick served with the RAF Armoured Car Sqn during 1941-42 in Somaliland and Aden, for further insight click here (pdf) for an unfinished resume of his RAF career.

Left Patrick Wyatt on a Fordson Armoured Car

"Fordson" armoured cars were Rolls Royce armoured cars which received new chassis from a Fordson truck in Egypt.

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Bottom Right Patrick Wyatt on a Fordson Armoured Car

Armoured Cars all camouflaged up

Note the skull on the turret !!

Right: "Ginger" Ronald Howell and colleague

To become Sqn RAF Regiment

Left: John Warlow, Sept 1941

Left: Gurkha Rifles, 2nd Battalion, Aden 10th 1942

Centre: Fayusa 09.12.1940, Plucking Chickens for Dinner, Mitchell, Young, Thompson & John Wyatt

Right: Digging the refuse pit, Hart, Morrow & Pewtner, Fayusha 09.12.1940

1 Armoured Car Sqn on Gaurd ( RAF Regiment)

Ginger Howell & Patrick (John) Wyatt

Left: ASC Prisoners

Left: ACS Group - Len Bishop

Left: Armoured Car Sqn Compound

Centre: ACS Billet 05.10.1940, Bungalow 10, Khormaksar

Right: ACS Aden 1943 John Wyatt & Ginger (Ron Howell)

Left: The crew of AC10, Pat Wyatt standing on left

Right: AC10 Pat Wyatt's AC, on AC10 note a skull & crossbones, the writing on that is in Italian and translated literally says "Beware of Death"

No 2 Armoured Car Company 1937

Before Pats Time ACS Hinaddi 1937

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National Memorial Arboretum

1 Armoured Car Sqn line up

Right: Vickers 'Vincent' & ACS camp at Nobat Dekion Dec 1940

Right: ACS Billet

1 SQN Armoured Car

John Wyatt, Ron Howell and colleague

Centre: Ron Howell & colleagues

On Guard !

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