Three Lysander Mark Is, L4721, L4728 and L4715, of No. 208 Squadron RAF, based at Heliopolis, Egypt, entering a starboard turn after flying over the Suez Canal, just after the outbreak of the war with the Italy. Formed on 1 February 1920 at Ismailia and converted to the Westland Lysander in January 1939, the No. 208 Squadron was stationed in Egypt for army co-operation duties in North Africa. Victor Sierra

In flight over the Suez Canal

The EP751, one of the two Spiftire VBs converted in floatplane by Folland, after his arrival in Egypt. The only three Spit floatplanes, prototype W3760 (first flight 12 October 1942), the EP754 and, exactly, the EP751, was transferred in Egypt, on the Great Bitter Lake, in October 1943 for missions from concealed bases in the Dodecanese Islands against the transport aircraft employed by the Germans for supply in the area. The project was defeated by the German conquest of the Kos and Leros islands. The three Spitfire floatplanes languished in Egypt until the war’s end. Victor Sierra

Spitfire floatplane in Egypt

Short Sunderland Mark I, N9029 “V”, of No. 230 Squadron RAF, taking off from Abukir Bay, Egypt. The No 230, which flew the Sunderland from 1938 until 1957, was in Egypt, engaged on anti-submarine patrols and reconnaissance operations for the Mediterranean Fleet, from June 1941 until January 1943. The Abukir Bay (Abū Qīr) was the theatre of the famous victory of the Admiral Horatio Nelson against the French fleet of the Admiral François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers 1-2 August 1798. Victor Sierra