Route of Return Flight from Bulawayo to Jever - this time via Paris.   (Thanks to Toby Iles and Microsoft Autoroute.)

Logbook entries for the start of the return trip on 16th August 1954.

1st leg of the return journey from Bulawayo, Rhodesia to Mwanza, Tanzania on Monday 16th August 1954 to Thursday 19th August 1954.

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Receipt for Landing Fees at Belvedere, Southern Rhodesia, their second stop on 17th August 1954 on the way back.   Charge was 5 shillings (£5.18 in Nov09).

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Receipt for Landing and Parking Fees at Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia their third stop on 17th August 1954 on the way back.   Charge was 5 shillings and sixpence. (£5.70 in Nov09).

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Receipt for Landing Fees at Ndola, Northern Rhodesia their fourth stop on 18th August 1954 on the way back.   Charge was 5 shillings and sixpence. (£5.70 in Nov09).

          Video showing M18-9 clip from Brian Iles's film of his return flight from RAF Jever to Bulawayo, Africa in his Miles M-18 light aircraft beginning on Tuesday 20th July 1954 and starting their return on Monday 16th August 1954.   The clip opens with shots from the M-18 as it gets airborne from Bulawayo and circling over the farewell party by the hangars on the ground.   It then shows shots of Bulawayo from the air with the distinctive power station cooling towers.   Then there are various shots flying back up Africa including a refuel at some place on the route.   They are welcomed by uniformed officers and there are Harvards seen in the background.   This might be Kisumu.   Chris Stone suggested antio-Mau Mau operations of Harvards from Kenya.   Research on the Internet revealed the following piece from the Flight magazine for 8Apr55. about 8 months later: "SECOND BAR to D.F.C.   W/C. G. G. St. David Jeffries, D.F.C. and Bar.   On October 31st, 1953, W/C. Jeffries assumed command of No. 1340 (Harvard) Flight in Kenya.   For the next eight months he led the Flight from advanced landing fields on anti-Mau Mau strikes.   By September 30th, 1954, W/C. Jeffries had personally completed 410 strikes in the Aberdare Mountains and Mount Kenya areas, where violent and unpredictable weather often prevails.   He carried out flying investigations of dangerous downdraughts in the area.   In September 1954 his Flight, with eight aircraft and an average of seven pilots, flew 508 sorties and 577 flying hours.   W/C. Jeffries personally led 89 strikes and flew 95 hours."   If anyone can confirm where they were operating Harvards in 1954 in this part of Africa, please let me know.   (1 min 13 secs/15 mins 23 secs/1 min 40 secs/50 secs/25 secs)

          Video showing M18-10 clip from Brian Iles's film of his return flight from RAF Jever to Bulawayo, Africa in his Miles M-18 light aircraft beginning on Tuesday 20th July 1954 and starting their return on Monday 16th August 1954.   The clip may have been assembled in the wrong order as it finishes with a landing at Tabora, yet the previous clip finished at Kisumu.   I have placed it in what I hope is the right order but if anyone has local knowledge I would be delighted to put them in the correct order.   It starts with shots of a large river and a very distinctive bridge.   Then there are shots of Brian in the cockpit and then an early morning start.   The only early start before Tabora was at Lusaka when they were airborne at 04:25 hours on the way to Ndola.   There are shots of the prop being turned over by hand and an early take-off.   The airfield looks rather large from the air so it may have been Lusaka.   There are shots of Sandy in the cockpit and scenes of roads, rivers and wild life.   Then there are scenes of refuelling at, what looks like, a fairly remote location which apeears to have a thatched roof airport building.   This could be Ndola or Abercorn, both in Northern Rhodesia.   There is a shot of a cat on the tailplane, then Sandy applying lip gel, presumably as sun and slipstream protection.   Then they are airborne again with shots over some fairly hilly terrain.   An airborne shot of an airfield appears and there is a picture from the air of the name Tabora where they landed on 18Aug54 at 14:30 hours.   The clip finishes with ground activity at presumably Tabora, in Tanzania showing the airport buildings.   (3 mins/33 mins 4 secs/3 mins 37 secs/1 min 49 secs/54 secs)

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