File:Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. CM4231.jpg

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|description = {{en|''Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943.''

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| description = {{en|''Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943.''

 
Curtiss Kittyhawk Pilots of No. 239 Wing RAF report to their Commanding Officer's tent at Marble Arch, Tripolitania, after a sortie against retreating Axis forces in Libya. An ambitious plan, to airlift a whole fighter wing complete with necessary maintenance staff, equipment and supplies, to a forward landing ground in order to support the Eighth Army's most advanced elements in Libya, was carried out the day after the New Zealand Division secured Marble Arch on 17 December 1942. During the morning of 18 December, while transport aircraft mounted 79 sorties, flying in 160 tons of personnel and equipment, 239 Wing's four squadrons of Kittyhawks arrived at Marble Arch and by 1.30 pm were flying their first fighter-bomber sorties in support of the New Zealand Division from the landing ground.}}
 
Curtiss Kittyhawk Pilots of No. 239 Wing RAF report to their Commanding Officer's tent at Marble Arch, Tripolitania, after a sortie against retreating Axis forces in Libya. An ambitious plan, to airlift a whole fighter wing complete with necessary maintenance staff, equipment and supplies, to a forward landing ground in order to support the Eighth Army's most advanced elements in Libya, was carried out the day after the New Zealand Division secured Marble Arch on 17 December 1942. During the morning of 18 December, while transport aircraft mounted 79 sorties, flying in 160 tons of personnel and equipment, 239 Wing's four squadrons of Kittyhawks arrived at Marble Arch and by 1.30 pm were flying their first fighter-bomber sorties in support of the New Zealand Division from the landing ground.}}
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| author = Royal Air Force official photographer
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|date = {{between|1939|1943}}
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| date = {{between|1939|1943}}
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|source = http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//55/media-55115/large.jpg
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| catalogue_number = CM 4231
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* Catalogue number [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205212147 CM 4231]
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* Database number 205212147
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| permission = This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright/licence IWM Non Commercial Licence]. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
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|permission = This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright/licence IWM Non Commercial Licence]. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
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* Associated events
 
* Associated events
 
*: Western Desert 1940-1943, North Africa, Second World War
 
*: Western Desert 1940-1943, North Africa, Second World War
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*: North Africa 1939-1945, Royal Air Force 1939-1945
 
*: North Africa 1939-1945, Royal Air Force 1939-1945
 
* Associated keywords
 
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*: Aerial Warfare, Operations}}
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*: Aerial Warfare, Operations
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