Royal Air Force No 69 Squadron bombblasted Martin Baltimore bomber at Luqa airfield Malta 1942. 

Martin Baltimore No 69 Squadron RAF

Malta, Luqa Airport, June 1943, a No. 39 Sqn RAF Bristol Beaufort II. After Bristol Blenheim and Martin Maryland out of Egypt, No. 39 was converted to the Beaufort in August–September 1941 for anti-shipping operations, at first armed with bombs but from January 1942 adding torpedo attack to its roles. In 1943 the unit re-equipped with Bristol Beaufighters in ground attack role. In December 1944, the No. 39 was re-equipped with Martin Marauder, flying medium bombing missions in support of Tito's Partisans. Victor Sierra

Beaufort at Malta

HMS Kingston (F64) was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by J. Samuel White and Company at Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 6 October 1937, launched on 9 January 1939 and commissioned on 14 September 1939. Kingston was involved in the evacuation of Greece in April 1941, and attacked and sank the enemy German submarine U-35 in the North Sea on 29 November 1939 in company with the destroyers Kashmir and Icarus. HMS Kingston took part in the Second Battle of Sirte, in March, 1942 where she was hit by a 15" shell fired by the Italian battleship "Vittorio Veneto". Whist in dry dock at Malta repairing damage from this encounter, Kingston was attacked by German Junkers 88 aircraft while on 11 April 1942 and damaged beyond repair, The HMS Kingston was scuttled in the channel between St. Paul’s Islands and St. Paul’s Bay to block submarines from accessing the shore.