What does DAF stand for?

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Boeing B-17s and Consolidated B-24s from the Fifteenth Air Force, B-25s and Martin B-26s from the Twelfth Air Force and British fighter-bombers from the Desert Air Force attacked bridges, rolling stock, truck convoys and electric power plants all along those fortified positions.

2) The British Desert Air Force had been operating in the Middle East since 1940 and gained combat experience, but the American Twelfth Air Force arrived in North Africa as an inexperienced and hastily organized unit.

Several Desert Air Force (DAF) fighter squadrons (South African, Australian, Canadian, and British) had success using the P-40 in the Mediterranean theater of operations (MTO) before the Americans arrived, but this book focuses on the American pilots of the 33d, 57th, 79th, 324th, and 325th Fighter Groups, the earliest of which did not arrive in-theater until late 1942.

I am trying to trace Jock Kemp/Kerr/Kirk, who was an armourer in No 6 Squadron (The Tank Busters) Desert Air Force, RAF Middle East in 1942- 43.

A REUNION is being organised for former members of the 53 Repair and Salvage Unit, Desert Air Force during October.