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Kingdom to the Middle East and Far East. It was also used in the 1950s as a base for aircraft using the
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British Army took Tripoli. The airfield was renamed RAF Castel Benito and was used by a number of Allied operational squadrons involved in the desert war and in the
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1982:9th Air Division (was IX Bomber Command)
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2927:Fourth Shore
2917:Fort Capuzzo
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2477:14th Liaison
2310:373d Fighter
2280:363d Fighter
2275:362d Fighter
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2240:50th Fighter
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2230:36th Fighter
2091:303d Fighter
2081:84th Fighter
2076:71st Fighter
2071:70th Fighter
1914:Wethersfield
1884:Stoney Cross
1839:North Witham
1754:Great Dunmow
1719:Christchurch
1613:Menzel Heurr
1530:Tmed El Chel
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1350:World War II
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2137:Bombardment
2066:9th Fighter
2061:8th Fighter
2028:Bombardment
1929:Wormingford
1869:Staplehurst
1769:High Halden
1729:Earls Colne
1699:Charmy Down
1639:Aldermaston
1598:El Haouaria
1563:Ben Gardane
1383:Ramat David
1179:Fowler 2010
475:Addis Ababa
380:Italo Balbo
233: /
221:013°09′24″E
208:Coordinates
3046:Categories
2862:Via Balbia
2596:Fourteenth
2591:Thirteenth
1992:IX Fighter
1924:Woodchurch
1829:Merryfield
1794:Kingsnorth
1739:Folkingham
1724:Cottesmore
1709:Chilbolton
1689:Bottesford
1545:Sidi Azeiz
1416:El Amiriya
1378:Muqueibile
1161:References
1031:1948-1950
911:1943-1944
890:1944-1946
720:1943-1944
708:VB and VC
566:King Idris
492:(a son of
418:), Sabha (
218:32°40′10″N
69:newspapers
2823:Governors
2811:Governors
2758:Provinces
2656:Governors
2606:Twentieth
2601:Fifteenth
2463:Squadrons
1854:Rivenhall
1814:Lymington
1804:Lashenden
1704:Chalgrove
1659:Balderton
1568:Bou Grara
1426:Deversoir
1406:Abu Sueir
1166:Citations
602:Aircraft
513:SM83-ATTE
447:Marseille
371:, of the
325:RAF Idris
138:RAF Idris
2581:Eleventh
1975:Commands
1899:Warmwell
1894:Upottery
1889:Thruxton
1879:Stansted
1844:Ramsbury
1819:Matching
1774:Headcorn
1749:Gosfield
1679:Bisterne
1669:Beaulieu
1608:Medenine
1603:Kairouan
1515:Hamraiet
1475:Belandah
1411:Ismailia
1357:Stations
1124:See also
733:RAF Luqa
605:Variant
551:arrived.
527:started.
504:started.
451:Damascus
348:1934: A
327:) was a
191:Location
2586:Twelfth
2561:Seventh
2470:Liaison
2223:Fighter
2054:Fighter
1919:Winkton
1904:Welford
1874:Spanhoe
1864:Scorton
1824:Membury
1744:Fulbeck
1684:Boreham
1654:Ashford
1644:Andover
1623:Soltane
1593:El Djem
1573:Chekira
1555:Tunisia
1540:Tripoli
1525:Martuba
1505:El Assa
1500:El Adem
1495:Darragh
1470:Baheira
1388:St Jean
1210:Nigeria
432:Kassala
354:Tripoli
343:History
333:Tripoli
323:(later
303:Tripoli
299:Italian
175:Summary
83:scholar
3026:Spahis
3021:Savari
3016:Zaptié
2566:Eighth
2546:Fourth
2536:Second
2130:Groups
1938:Europe
1859:Saltby
1849:Raydon
1799:Langar
1789:Ibsley
1734:Exeter
1694:Boxted
1588:Hergla
1583:Hazbub
1535:Tobruk
1510:Gambut
1480:Benina
1436:Kabrit
1298:
1279:
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1116:
1086:
1035:Auster
1015:Auster
608:Notes
599:Dates
436:Asmara
85:
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56:
3011:Bands
2576:Tenth
2571:Ninth
2556:Sixth
2551:Fifth
2541:Third
2531:First
2021:Wings
1968:Units
1764:Grove
1674:Birch
1490:Berca
1462:Libya
1447:Payne
1431:Fayid
1398:Egypt
1373:Lydda
1343:USAAF
1220:Ndola
1051:1943
1011:1943
991:1943
971:1943
951:1943
931:1944
870:1943
850:1943
829:1951
808:1952
787:1943
764:1943
744:1943
700:1943
680:1943
659:1952
639:1951
618:1943
596:Unit
498:Kufra
408:Malta
404:Tunis
400:Italy
398:from
337:Libya
199:Built
186:(DAF)
90:JSTOR
76:books
1784:Hurn
1618:Sfax
1578:Hani
1520:Lete
1421:Daba
1296:ISBN
1277:ISBN
1259:ISBN
1233:here
1206:Kano
1145:LATI
1114:ISBN
1084:ISBN
979:III
878:III
858:III
837:FR9
816:FB5
770:and
752:III
728:VIF
688:VIF
667:FB9
647:FB9
626:IID
518:S-74
509:LATI
406:and
392:LATI
388:Rome
202:1938
165:none
161:ICAO
154:none
150:IATA
62:news
1348:in
1288:ISO
1208:in
999:VC
959:VC
939:VC
919:IC
795:VB
438:in
335:in
315:RAF
246:Map
45:by
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