Castel_Benito_airfield_destroyed_hangar_1943.jpg
Summary
Description Castel Benito airfield destroyed hangar 1943.jpg |
Wrecked Italian fighters in a destroyed hangar at Castel Benito airdrome, Tripolis, Libya, in early 1943. Visible are three Macchi MC.200
Saetta
figthers and a single MC.202
Folgore
(2nd plane from the right).
Original caption: "Enemy air equipment and installations took a heavy pounding from bombers of the United States Army Air Forces as they pursued Marshal Erwin Rommel's retreating Afrika Korps through Libya and Tripoli to the Tunisian coast. This was once a hangar at Castel Benito Airdrome." |
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Date |
early 1943
date QS:P,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40719727
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Author | USAAF | ||||
Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
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