British Blenheim bombers setting out on a raid in Cyrenaica, Libya, with their escorting fighters circling around the formation. February 26, 1942. 

Bombers formation

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887 – 1976), nicknamed &quot;Monty&quot;  was a Britiish Army officer. He saw action in the First World War and later in the Second World War, where he commanded the British 8th Army in North Africa. He subsequently commanded Eighth Army in Sicily and Italy before being given responsibility for planning the D-Day invasion in Normandy. He was in command of the ground forces in the Normandy Invasion. He then continued in command of the 21st Army Group in North West Europe.  On May 4, 1945 he took the German surrender in northern Germany.

Field Marshal Montgomery

original caption states "This hydroplane is part of the R.A.F. rescue service in the Middle East. It operates on the lakes of the Nile Delta for the assistance of pilots who may make forced landings in the water. Consisting of a cabin mounted on seaplane flats it is driven by an aircraft engine and propeller mounted in the stern and steered by an aircraft rudder. There are also rudders on each of the floats. The top speed of the craft is about fifteen knots. Photo taken on March 11, 1942." Floats from a Shark or Swordfish ? Tailplane from a Tiger Moth ? Engine from ???