File:Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1939-1945. CM6688.jpg
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Dallison G W (Lt), No. 1 AFPS, Army Film and Photographic Unit, War Office official photographer |
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English: Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1939-1945. Airmen of the Special Erection Party (SEP) and soldiers of 2nd Battalion, the Somerset Light Infantry, unpack the fuselage of a Supermarine Spitfire Mark V drawn from a crate by a Coles crane on the edge of the runway at North Front, Gibraltar. The Special Erection Party was established at Gibraltar in July 1942 to assemble and test fly aircraft crated from Britain by sea for the reinforcement of Malta. They are seen here attending to a shipment of twenty Spitfires which arrived on 29 September 1942. Although many of the aircraft were damaged in transit, the SEP, assisted by the soldiers in the non-technical work, got them ready for despatch by 11 October. This aircraft, EP286, flew with No. 1435 Flight RAF on Malta, then with No. 208 Squadron RAF in Italy, before being transferred to the Armee de l'Air in February 1946. |
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between 1939 and 1945 date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1939-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//52/media-52122/large.jpg
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This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the 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. | |||
Part of InfoField | Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection | |||
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Category InfoField | photographs |
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- Royal Air Force in World War II
- RAF Gibraltar
- Coles cranes
- World War II ground equipment and vehicles of the RAF
- Supermarine Spitfire Mark V
- EP286 (aircraft)
- Reassembly of aircraft
- No. 1435 Flight RAF
- No. 208 Squadron RAF
- British Army 1939-1945 images from the Imperial War Museum (1942)
- Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection