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I an ex member of both 7 and 8 Squadron's of the Rhodesian war spending most of my operational time on Seven Squadron as a K Car gunner. I was credited for shooting down a fixed wing aircraft from a K Car on the 9 August 1979. This blog is from articles for research on a book which I HAVE HANDED THIS MANUSCRIPT OVER TO MIMI CAWOOD WHO WILL BE HANDLING THE PUBLICATION OF THE BOOK OF WHICH THERE WILL BE VERY LIMITED COPIES AVAILABLE Contact her on yebomimi@gmail.com The latest news is that the Editing is now done and we can expect to start sales and deliveries by the end of April 2011

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Sunday, July 27, 2008

Dominique Houyet

G Car going through transition on it's way to a Fireforce call-out Grand Reef -Beaver Shaw gunner with RLI trooper.
photo Dominique Hoyet


Dominique Houyet was a photographer during the Rhodesian war who found that his pictures were not commercially viable, due to Rhodesia's status with the world (obviously we could not get our story out) -to me the quality is excellent and gives one a wonderful insight into the war -he has just given me permission to show his pictures in my book which I feel very honoured to do.


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  1. AnonymousJuly 27, 2008 at 8:44 AM

    Agreed, that man has real talent. I can't wait to see more of his beautiful photos. His choice of Black & White film stock is also commendable. His pictures have almost a surrealist quality about them. You're looking at them and saying to yourself: "I know this is real, but it almost looks like a painting the way he framed it." He's the Ansel Adams of Combat Photography.

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I welcome comments from everyone on my book Choppertech.
I am interested especially on hearing from former ZANLA and ZIPRA combatants who also have thier story to tell.

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