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| Keywords: Ian Smith RAF 3.jpg en Flight Lieutenant Ian Smith of the Royal Air Force pictured in either 1942 or 1943 during his service in the Second World War Smith was later Prime Minister of Rhodesia between 1964 and 1979 Either late 1942 or 1943 http //www ourstory com/thread html t 295082 author Custom license marker 2013 06 19 PD-Zimbabwe This photograph was taken in either 1942 or 1943 while Smith was in the Middle East with No 237 Squadron RAF this can be easily confirmed by the rank and insignia he is wearing as well as the absence of his wounds from his crash in Egypt but it is not known in which country the photograph was taken Since No 237 Squadron RAF was a Rhodesian squadron it seems logical that the photographer's country of domicile or citizenship would probably have been Rhodesia Under this reasoning and the photograph entered the public domain in Zimbabwe in 1994 at the latest making it also public domain in the United States Military of Rhodesia Ian Smith Southern Rhodesia in World War II Royal Air Force Uploaded with UploadWizard | ||||
