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Hosc Raui, Cyrenaica, Libya. 25 October 1943. Portrait of Pilot Officer W. Dalto DFC of Biceste, Oxfordshire, who pilots one of the Halifax aircraft, in front of the nose propeller. Huge Handley-Page Halifax bomber aircraft of No. 462 Squadron RAAF based in the Middle East, are pounding the enemy nightly in heavy raids on Greece and the Dodecanese Islands. Rhodes the largest of these islands, has received many visits from these giant aircraft. Night photographs taken during these raids show the accuracy of their bombing. Aerodromes, harbours and communications suffered heavily when the Halifaxes fly through the night skies to deliver their tremendous blows on enemy bases north of the Mediterranean.
Hosc Raui, Cyrenaica, Libya. 25 October 1943. On a desert airfield, the armourers of No. 462 Squadron RAAF bomb up a Halifax for the night's work. Huge Handley-Page Halifax bomber aircraft based in th
Hosc Raui, Cyrenaica, Libya. 24 October 1943. On a desert airfield, the armourers of No. 462 Squadron RAAF bomb up a Halifax for the night's work. Huge Handley-Page Halifax bomber aircraft based in th
Hosc Raui, Cyrenaica, Libya. 25 October 1943. The bomb aimer of a Halifax in position in the nose of the aircraft before taking off to raid the Dodecanese Islands. Huge Handley-Page Halifax bomber air
Hosc Raui, Cyrenaica, Libya. 25 October 1943. Armourers bombing up showing the terrible amount of high explosives in the belly of one of the Halifax aircraft. Huge Handley-Page Halifax bomber aircraft
Hosc Raui, Cyrenaica, Libya. 25 October 1943. On a desert airfield, ground crew of No. 462 Squadron RAAF refuel one of the Halifax aircraft for the night's work. Huge Handley-Page Halifax bomber aircr
Hosc Raui, Cyrenaica, Libya. 25 October 1943. On a desert airfield, ground crew of No. 462 Squadron RAAF carry out maintenance work on one of the Halifax aircraft. Huge Handley-Page Halifax bomber air
