A Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer aircraft of 78 Squadron Royal Air Force on a desert airstrip in the Aden Protectorate.

A Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer aircraft of 78 Squadron Royal Air Force on a desert airstrip in the Aden Protectorate. Six of the aircraft were stationed at Khormaksar Airbase during the Emergency. The Royal Air Force utilized the aircraft's slow flying capability for propaganda duties. The Pioneers were used in various roles and could carry two 1,000-pound, four 250-pound or four 500-pound bombs mounted externally, rockets, grenades, two fixed Browning machine guns in the front, a movable Bren gun firing through the rear entry door, and loudspeakers for "Sky Shout" propaganda missions.

Object Details

ID: PM7611/10A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Date made: 1963
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 138 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm