Have "Bofors" will travel

[Godwin Hampton]

Stellan, you never cease to amaze me!!

You probably have every picture taken during the War showing Bofors Guns! But one thing worries me, the fact that we are straying from the subject of this thread, Rob Fast's CMP LAAT and Bofors Mk.1. Do you think we should tranfer to your Bofors thread unless we have something useful to Rob? For example I would like to discuss operation of the predictor, and Rob's gun never had it.

The photo you posted was taken on Fort St. Angelo, known to the British as H.M.S St. Angelo. This because it was the Headquarters of the Mediterranean Fleet. The Royal Marines dragged 2 static Bofors guns onto the ramparts, and could never complain that they were not getting any action!

On the 23rd May 1942 the guns were handed over to 3rd LAA Regt. RMA in the handing over ceremony shown. Fort St. Angelo is across the Grand Harbour from the Bofors in your previos photo.

Note the gunners' uniforms, battledress blouse worn over khaki shorts! This was probably an emergency measure dictated by the acute shortages at the time.