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Photograph 024892 Second World War, 1939-1945A SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT WHICH MADE A FORCED LANDING NEAR EL ALAMEIN, JUST OFF THE MAIN ALEXANDRIA-MERSA MATRUH ROAD.

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A SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT WHICH MADE A FORCED LANDING NEAR EL ALAMEIN, JUST OFF THE MAIN ALEXANDRIA-MERSA MATRUH ROAD.
A SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT WHICH MADE A FORCED LANDING NEAR EL ALAMEIN, JUST OFF THE MAIN ALEXANDRIA-MERSA MATRUH ROAD.

WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-08. MEN OF AN INDIAN LABOUR CORPS WORKING ON THE ALEXANDRIA-MERSA MATRUH ROAD NEAR EL ALAMEIN.

WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-22. GERMAN MESSERSCHMITT BF109 WHICH CRASHED INTO A MINE FIELD NEAR TEL EL EISA. THE ALEXANDRIA-MERSA MATRUH ROAD IS SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND.

"The road to the sea-front, Mersa Matruh". Admiralty House on left, a destroyer in the harbour. The destroyer made trips from Tobruch, landing wounded for the Mersa Matruh hospital or for train transp

WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-17. GENERAL STUART M3 (BRITISH STUART I) TANK UNDER REPAIR IN THE WORKSHOP AREA OF 1ST ARMY (BRITISH) TANK BRIGADE ON THE MERSA MATRUH-ALEXANDRIA ROAD ABOUT TWENTY MILES

WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-17. SIGN ON THE ALEXANDRIA-MERSA MATRUH ROAD, EAST OF EL ALAMEIN, DENOTING THAT AN UNEXPLODED BOMB IS UNDERGROUND. THE SOIL DISTURBED BY THE BOMB ON ENTERING THE GROUND
