Blenheim from No 211 Sqn in Paramythia, Greece, 1941

(fb/Saro Finocchiaro)

Blenheim,Greece

The liberation of Sfax, Tunisia on April 10, 1943 was a joyous occasion for nearly everyone involved. The Allies gained an important Mediterranean port, the Tunisians in the city were liberated, and British Lt. Gen. Bernard Montgomery won a B-17 bomber from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

That last one may need some explanation.
Read more  on:

http://www.argunners.com/when-eisenhower-lost-a-b-17-bomber-in-a-bet-to-montgomery/


Monty's B-17

Brig "Mad" Mike Calvert (left) gives orders to Lt Col Shaw, while Maj James Lumley stands with M1 carbine under his arm, after the capture of Mogaung in Burma during the second Chindit expedition, June 1944. (IWM)

 Note: Maj James Rutherford Lumley, 3rd Bn, 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles, is/was the father of British actress Joanna Lumley, who also campaigns for Gurkha rights in Britain.

 by WWII British Empire & Commonwealth Forces in the Far East-SE Asia 1940-1946
(taken from fb/Allan Holderness)