Benghazi 1943


Tony Tubbenhauer (RAAF) served with 203 Squadron RAF at Benghazi, Libya, in 1943.

On this page I illustrate some of his flying memories, and in Benghazi Graveyard, his pictures of wrecked and abandoned Axis aircraft there.

Below are some pictures from Tony's service with 203 Squadron.

He flew the Baltimore light bomber.

 An early Mark I or II Baltimore with hand-held guns in the rear cockpit

 

 

  Another Mark I or II, on convoy escort

 

A slightly more modern version, the Mark IIIA, with power-operated gun turret

 

 

A Baltimore stirring up the dust

  

 

 

  

A lineup of Baltimore IIIAs at Benghazi. "45" is FA350, and "40" seems to be FA157

 

 

 Tony in his Baltimore

 

The boys

          Gordon at the bomb-sight

           Gordon with a bomb at Benghazi 

Gordon, Bill and Tony, Nakuru













                             

 A Halifax I or II that did not quite make it. Undercarriage trouble!

 

  

 An American B24 from a local US base, that tried to land at Tony's airfield, but the runway was too short. Tony describes it slowly rolling onto its back and catching fire. The crew were going on leave, and none were badly injured!

 

 

Tony also took a number of photographs of wrecked and abandoned Axis aircraft at Benghazi.

See the page on Benghazi Graveyard.