Bombs exploding on Maleme airfield, Crete, during a daylight raid by Bristol Blenheim Mark IVs of No. 14 Squadron RAF, flying from LG 21/Qotafiya III, Egypt. The aircraft are Junkers Ju 52/3ms, most of them in a wrecked condition as a result of the landing of airborne troops on the airfield on 21 May 1941, during the German invasion of the island. Victor Sierra

Bombs over Crete

Halifax pilot 19 yrs old when shot down by Me-110.
The Halifax is still in the lake (Lacher See) in Germany.

Halifax pilot

Vickers Vincent of 8 Squadron RAF with the war camouflage. Equipped also with Bristol Blenheim I, the 8 Squadron, based at Khormaksar, Aden, flew its obsolescent bomber biplanes against the Italians in the early stages of the East African Conflict (1940-1941) especially by night. The last 8 Squadron’s Vincent were phased out in 1941. Victor Sierra