Desert convoy gets through - 1942

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

A number of years ago I was browsing through the New Zealand War Diaries there was a group of reports that talked about vehicle convoys across North Africa.

Had some very good descriptions of driving at night under black out conditions. Like that no matter what you followed the vehicle ahead even if it left the trail or road. In one case it talks about a convoy driving of the edge of and escarpment each following the vehicle ahead, fortunately the spot was just steep and not a cliff and all the vehicle made the bottom.

Another interesting comment was that nobody like to follow a gun or artillery piece, at night, because the only warning that you were to close as the muzzle coming through the windscreen.

When I found the War Diaries it was shortly before the earthquake Christchurch earthquake in 2011, afterwards I was never able to find the War Diaries again.

After seeing this video I'll have to go looking.

Cheers Phil