Angus Farrall

Fighter Pilot Angus Farrall: tribute site

Hi and welcome to this site;

I met Robin Farrall via the internet and he was so kind to forward scans of his late dad's war memorabilia to me including log books and photographs . We decided to construct this tribute page in memory of Angus Farrall.

Angus Donald Farrall joined the SAAF in 1938 as part of the UATG (Union Air Training Group) scheme and susequently qualified as a pilot. In early 1941 he was seconded to RAF 55 squadron flying operations with Blenheim bombers in North Africa for 4 months.

Angus was transferred to SAAF No. 2 Fighter Squadron in June 1941. This was the time when the Germans had air superiority in the North African operational theatre and our SAAF squadrons suffered severe losses. Angus was engaged with several air battles where his Tomahawk aircraft was damaged at times. He was credited for shooting down an Italian G-50 fighter aircraft. Angus was shot down and badly wounded during this period and sent to a hospital in Alexandria for 3 months where he recovered to continue his operational service.

Angus' operational tour expired in early 1942. He returned to South Africa and served in No.6 Fighter Squadron as commanding officer. He then qualified as a flying instructor and did pilot training at various SAAF air schools until the end of the war.

After the war Angus was chief Pilot for the Met Office. Later returned to Rand Mines and had a long and successful career as Geological Administration Manager at Corner House until his retirement in 1990.

This is a living web site. Any input and/or participation will be much appreciated regarding additional information, correctness, information from relatives of members who served with Angus, photographs, stories etc. Please e-mail me.

If you perhaps have a family member who served as a SAAF fighter pilot during WW2 and you would want to find out more about his war service please contact me, hopefully I can be of some help.

Tinus le Roux

April 2015