The Great Escape

During the attack on Barce, the LRDG patrols attacked Barce Airfield for about an hour. They then withdrew and eventually met up at rally point. According to official Italian figures, the raid resulted in sixteen aircraft destroyed and …

1942-09-14

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During the attack on Barce, the LRDG patrols attacked Barce Airfield for about an hour. They then withdrew and eventually met up at rally point. According to official Italian figures, the raid resulted in sixteen aircraft destroyed and seven damaged. Buildings and materiel at the airfield and barracks were also destroyed. The LRDG’s successful attack on Barce marked the high point of the unit’s activities during the North African Campaign.

Barce, Libya

Operation Bigamy a.k.a. Operation Snowdrop was a raid during the Second World War by the Special Air Service in September 1942 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel David Stirling and supported by the Long Range Desert Group. The plan was to destroy the harbour and storage facilities at Benghazi and raid the airfield at Benina in Libya in coordination with the RAF. The raid was part of a deception plan for Operation Agreement, the much larger raid on Tobruk.

Wikipedia: Operation Bigamy

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