Saturday, August 31, 2019

Report on pigeons in East Africa, April 29, 1943


(c) Crown copyright images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, Kew, UK
Catalog numbers:  AIR23/6546  #02, #41, #42


Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943
Supermarine Spitfire Mark Vs of No. 322 Wing RAF, parked in their dispersals at Tingley, Algeria. In the foreground Mark VBs ES187 'C' and ES191 'T' of No. 154 Squadron RAF are being brought to readiness for a patrol. Note the extensive use of pierced steel planking (PSP) to surface the dispersals and taxiways.  Photo by Official RAF photographer Flight Lieutenant Bertrand John Henry Daventry.  Imperial War Museum  © IWM (CNA 278)




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