DPC72050 Operation Compass & Battle of Kufra 1940/1941

Blenheim Mk.I:

• L1378/N-VA, No. 84 Sqn, RAF, transerred from Iraq to Heliopolis AB, Egypt;

Blenheim Mk.IV:

• T1867, GRB1, Ouniangar-Kébir AB, FAFL, Chad;

Breda 65 A80:

• 159-12, 159 Sq, 16° Gr, Surman AB, Libya;

Breda 65 K14:

• 168-7, 168 Sq, 12° Gr, Italian Air Force, Sidi Omar AB, Libya;

Caproni Ca.309:

• H-4, 26 Sq, Italian Air Force, Kufra AB;

Fiat CR.32:

• 160-10, 160 Sq, Italian Air Force, Tobruk AB;

Fiat CR.42:

• 77-1, 77 Sq, 13° Gr, Italian Air Force, Tobruk AB;
• 97-4, 97 Sq, 9° Gr, Italian Air Force, Benina AB;
• 90-5, 90 Sq, 100° Gr, Italian Air Force, Benghazi Berka AB;
• 91-6, 91 Sq, 10° Gr, Italian Air Force, El Adem AB;

Fiat G.50:

• 7-150, 150 Sq, Italian Air Force;

Gladiator Mk.I:

• K6142, No. 3 Sqn, RAAF, Gerawla AB;

Hurricane Mk.I:

• V7770/OS-A, No. 3 Sqn, RAAF, Egypt;
• V7716/TP-U, No. 73 Sqn, RAF;
• V7101, No. 69 Sqn, RAF, Malta;

Lysander Mk.I:

• L4715, No. 208 Sqn, RAF, Heliopolis AB, Egypt;
• Y509, Egypt Air Force;

Potez 29:

• first fighter of Free French GRB 1, FAFL, Fort-Lamy AB, Chad;

Savoia-Marchetti SM.79:

• 58-5, 58 Sq, 32° Gr, Italian Air Force, moved from Sicily to Benina Benghazi;

Wellington Mk.Ic:

• Z8787/J, No. 37 Sqn, RAF, Malta, later Sidi Azeiz, Libya;

all aircraft operation “Compass” and Battle of Kufra, December 1940 to February 1941