GALLERY PAGE 1:
On this page there are collections from:-

Linda Death / Nimrod shark nose (Colin Pomeroy) / Dave Brown / Eugene 'Robbie' Robinson /  Dave 'Geordie' Rose / Ian Hourston / Mike Whitmarsh / Den Rees / Paul Reynolds / David Halvorsen (Recent photos, 2019) /


Linda Death, on behalf of her Father-in-Law, James George Death - 1945

These are amazing historic photographs and I am very grateful to Linda for sharing them with us. There is probably no-one left alive that remembers Masirah like this - Unless anyone knows different!

"The pictures were all taken by my father-in-law, James George Death, who was a keen photographer.  He was stationed at Masirah in 1945 and we have the six photos that you found on Dave Crombs' web site.  While he was there he had the opportunity to visit the Holy Land and we also have a set of pictures of there.  After George died in 2006 we found boxes of photographs in the house and I have been scanning and editing them to share around the family ever since.
The best and the most interesting we have put up on Flikr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/7279101@N06/  because we think they are of historical interest.  That was where Dave Crombs found them originally and he got in touch for permission to use them on his site.  He had problems receiving the files from me which is why they are so small, even at full size they are not big files."

Paul Reynolds
This young Flamingo was rescued totally exhausted out by the SS Eletric by George Reed and nursed back to health by George and myself .. mid 1970.

Den Rees - 1968-69
Den was a mover and shifter, and sometimes in his career a supplier! I've included a couple of Den taken by myself (Dave Rose)

Mike Whitmarsh - 1968-69

Mike worked in SHQ so anyone who had anything to do admin wise would have known Mike. Also anyone interested in getting skinned alive playing rugby on salt flats would also have known him. Even now you might recognise the scars!

Sharks Teeth Nimrod -
More photographs received November 2015 taken during Colins' visit to Oman in October 2015.
sent to me by Colin Pomeroy, 203Sqn Pilot

(Also posted on the discussion forum) 
I recently had a query from a guy in Uruguay about photographs of Nimrod XV250, at RAF Luqa, with shark teeth. I had never seen one but on investigation, through 203 Sqn Yahoo Group, I obtained the photograph below.

The story that goes with it is that in 1974 XV250 was detached to the Seychelles and on it's return to Luqa staged through Masirah, overnight I presume but maybe longer, and that is when the sharks teeth and eyes were added.
Obviously, no-one knows who did this.

Any idea, for the knowledge and posterity, not for any police action HAHAHA, who did this?

Dave Brown - 1960-61

Dave worked in the transmitter section as a Wireless Mechanic.

Eugene (Robbie) Robinson sent this photograph of 'The last executioner' (Name Ghalib?)
(Looking very smart for Masirah Robbie!)

Dave (Geordie) Rose's photos of my time in Masirah 1968-69

Ian Hourston - 1962  

Original photos that were on DC's Masirah website and resent to me by Ian Hourston who was there in 1962.
"I was MO RAF Masirah Apr - Jun 1962, before completing my 2-year tour in MEAF at Khormaksar. I'd just bought my camera and was still learning to use it. Best wishes to all ex-Masirah folk."


There is a note from Ian on the old gallery referring to the photographs of the turtle - 'The late John Freeman took these shots on slide film and kindly gave me duplicates because I had no flashgun at that time. I appear in 2 of them - the guy in the all-white 'Red Sea rig'.'