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| Abyssinian leader Haile Selassie with a British interpreter during an inspection of an airfield in eastern Africa, 19 Feb 1941. | Troops of the South African 1st Infantry Division celebrating the capture of Fort Hobok in Abyssinia, 1941 | Pilot Officer Kennedy of No. 47 Squadron RAF Detachment inspecting his Wellesley bomber after engagement with two CR.42 fighters, Agordat, Eritrea, 25 Mar 1941; his gunner Sergeant German was killed | British Royal Air Force Vickers Wellesley light bomber kicking up a dust cloud during a take off from an East African airstrip, 15 May 1941. |
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