Boeing Fortress Mark I, AN532. WP-J, of No. 90 Squadron RAF/220 Squadron RAF Detachment on the ground at Shallufa, Egypt. Following the Fortress's unsuccessful period of operations with 90 Squadron in the United Kingdom, four aircraft were detached to the Middle East in November 1941, for night bombing attacks on Benghazi and enemy shipping in the Mediterranean. On 1 December 1941, the Detachment was renamed No. 220 Squadron Detachment and AN532 was returned to the US Army Air Force shortly afterwards. Fortress Mark I was the service name of the twenty Boeing B-17C provided to RAF from the U.S. Army Air Corps in early 1940. Victor Sierra

RAF Fortress in North Africa

A Vickers Wellington DWI (Directional Wireless Installation) aircraft of No. 1 General Reconnaissance Unit, flying South-West over the harbor at Tripoli, during a mine-clearance operation soon after the occupation of the town by the Allies on 23 January 1943. The DWI version of the Wellington was fitted with a 48-foot diameter electromagnetic ring for exploding magnetic mines sown by the Axis forces. Victor Sierra

Mine-clearance at Tripoli harbor

Spitfires Mk. Vc of No. 253 Squadron RAF undergoing service and repair in Southern Italy, likely Canne airfield, Summer 1944. Note under the cockpit of the aircraft in foreground, EF 553, “A”, the chalk mark “guns unloaded” ad the date, 19 July 1944. Victor Sierra