Spahis were light cavalry regiments of the French army recruited primarily from

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Spahis were light cavalry regiments of the French army recruited primarily from

Spahis were light cavalry regiments of the French army recruited primarily from the indigenous populations of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. The modern French Army retains one regiment of Spahis as an armoured unit, with personnel now recruited in mainland France.
Picture shows: France Spahi regiments guarding airfields in North Africa. A member of a Spahis regiment seen here wishing " Bon Voyage" to the skipper of an RAF Wellington just before take off.
Left to right - Sergeant Murray, bomber aimer, of South Shields; Sergeant Fox, navigator, of Clayburn, B.C. Canada; Sergeant Seville, pilot, of York; Sergeant Stone, 2nd pilot, of Coventry; Sergeant Firrell, rear gunner, of Hastings; Sergeant Morgan, wireless operator, of Birmingham; Squadron Leader Garrad, flight commander, of Scarborough.
August 1943

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