Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris at work in the Bombing Interpretation Room at RAF Bomber Command HQ, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, date uncertain (1942-'45).  Best regards. JR.

Hit or Miss ?

The all black Hawker Hurricane Mark Is of B Flight, No. 30 Squadron RAF, running up their engines in the dusk at Idku, Egypt, while operating in the night fighter role for the air defence of Alexandria against the Axis night raids. 1941. Victor Sierra

Alexandria’s night defenders

Line-up of some of the B Flight, No. 30 Squadron RAF’s Hawker Hurricane Mark Is (Z4204 “H” nearest) at Idku, Egypt, 1941, employed as night fighters where this unit was deployed for the Alexandria’s defence against the Axis night raid. This photo taken by day show the all matt black color of the Hurricane’s upper surface. The lower surface’s color seems bright black. The fuselage’s roundel is without the with circle, but with the “darkening” of the plane contrasting the bright white large H letter. In reality an effective night air defence was possible only with the radar-equipped fighters. Victor Sierra