Martin Maryland - South African users

Today it's the time for a fine American light bomber that was used by many countries during World War 2, except for the USA itself.
It was named Maryland by the British and it served mainly in the African Theatre of operations both with the Royal Air Force and the South African Air Force. Those serving with the RAF or any Commonwealth country, were equipped with the Vickers K gun.
It fullfiled both reconnaissance and light bomber role, oftenly by the same squadrons. However, generally, the British squadrons used them for recon duties while the South African ones employed them in the light bomber ones.
The SAAF had three Maryland Squadrons, No.16, No. 21 and No. 24.
The Marylands of the No.16 Squadron SAAF saw combat first during the Operation Ironclad, the successful invasion of Madagascar in 1942 and it was disbanded the next year after the Italian capitulation. Those of the No.21 Squadron SAAF served in the East African Campaign against Italian forces in Ethiopia and later in the North African Theatre of operations until November 1943 when they were replaced by the more modern Martin Baltimore.
They also saw service briefly with the No.24 Squadron SAAF as they were formed in March 1941 and took part in the North African campaign alongside with airplanes of the No.39 Squadron RAF performing tactical raids, until, approximately one year later, they were replaced by the Douglas Boston.

Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Maryland
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Squadron_SAAF
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_Squadron_SAAF
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_Squadron_SAAF