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Benina, Cyrenaica, Libya. 5 January 1942. An aerial view of Benina airfield showing shattered Axis aircraft destroyed by the incessant attacks of the Allied Air Forces.
Benina, Cyrenaica, Libya. 6 January 1942. Benina, main airfield of Benghazi, receives a raid from heavy bomber aircraft of the Allied Air Forces. Large calibre bombs rained down upon the aerodrome bur
Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya. 5 January 1942. The scene at El Berca airfield showing wreckage of the many Axis aircraft destroyed and a densely filled cemetery behind.
Benina, Cyrenaica, Libya. 15 January 1942. Obbedire...Combattere...Dux. 'Obey, fight, the Duce! says the large lettering on the hangar wall at Benina airfield. But the Axis mechanics, heedless of thei
Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya. 27 November 1942. The bow plates of this ammunition vessel are curled right back over the shattered superstructure amidships. Tons of explosives intended for Axis armies in
Benina, Cyrenaica, Libya. 8 December 1942. The rubble and ruins of administrative buildings destroyed during the enemy retreat at Benina airfield.
Benina, Cyrenaica, Libya. 26 December 1941. Aerial view of bombs bursting among the machines, many of which are burning fiercely. In this raid on the aerodrome by bombers of the South African Air Forc
