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Photograph MED1228 Second World War, 1939-1945Castel Benito, Tripolitania, Libya. 16 March 1943. The control tower at the airfield. Beside it are palm trees and flower beds on one side, and a wrecked hangar on the other.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Tripolitania, Libya. 31 January 1943. A wrecked hangar on the airfield at Castel Benito near Tripoli.
Castel Benito, Tripolitania, Libya. 16 March 1943. The control tower at the airfield. Beside it are palm trees and flower beds on one side, and a wrecked hangar on the other.

Tripolitania, Libya. 10 March 1943. Allied aircraft fly over a smashed hangar and bullet ridden Italian fighter aircraft at the edge of the airfield at Castel Benito.

Castel Benito, Tripolitania, Libya. 31 January 1943. Sappers working with detectors to remove the mines to clear the airfield near Tripoli. Before the enemy retreated they had attempted to make the la

Castel Benito, Tripolitania, Libya. 31 January 1943. Sappers working with detectors to remove the mines to clear the airfield near Tripoli. Before the enemy retreated they had attempted to make the la

Tripolitania, Libya. 26 January 1943. Aircraft of the RAF transport squadrons were right up in front again when the Allied Air Forces took over Castel Benito airfield. A short time after the landing g

Castel Benito, Tripolitania, Libya. 2 February 1943. Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, Air Officer Commanding Western Desert, talking with Colonel Backus, Commanding Officer of a Bombardment Grou
