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RAF Castel Benito

Index RAF Castel Benito

Castel Benito (called originally in Italian "Tripoli-Castel Benito Airport") was an airport of Tripoli created by the Italians in Italian Libya. [1]

72 relations: Addis Ababa, Ala Littoria, Ascari del Cielo, Asmara, Auster, Benina International Airport, Benito Mussolini, Bristol Beaufighter, Bruno Mussolini, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Damascus, De Havilland Vampire, Desert Air Force, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Ghadames Airport, Gloster Meteor, Hawker Hurricane, Idris of Libya, Imperial Line, Imperial Service Order, Italian East Africa, Italian Eritrea, Italian language, Italian Libya, Italo Balbo, Italy, Kassala, Kufra, Kufra Airport, LATI (airline), Libya, List of former Royal Air Force stations, Lockheed Hudson, Malta, Marseille, No. 108 Squadron RAF, No. 112 Squadron RAF, No. 117 Squadron RAF, No. 145 Squadron RAF, No. 185 Squadron RAF, No. 208 Squadron RAF, No. 250 Squadron RAF, No. 260 Squadron RAF, No. 283 Squadron RAF, No. 294 Squadron RAF, No. 318 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron, No. 450 Squadron RAAF, No. 6 Squadron RAF, No. 601 Squadron RAF, No. 651 Squadron RAF, ..., No. 680 Squadron RAF, No. 73 Squadron RAF, No. 89 Squadron RAF, No. 92 Squadron RAF, Order of the British Empire, RAF Luqa, Regia Aeronautica, Rome, Royal Air Force, Royal Corps of Colonial Troops, Sabha Airbase, South America, Supermarine Spitfire, Tripoli, Tripoli International Airport, Tunis, United Kingdom, Vickers Warwick, Vickers Wellington, World War II, XSM-74, 417 Combat Support Squadron. Expand index (22 more) »

Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa (አዲስ አበባ,, "new flower"; or Addis Abeba (the spelling used by the official Ethiopian Mapping Authority); Finfinne "natural spring") is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia.

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Ala Littoria

Ala Littoria was the Italian national airline that operated during the fascist regime in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Ascari del Cielo

The Ascari del Cielo were the first paratroopers of the Italian armed forces.

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Asmara

Asmara (ኣስመራ), known locally as Asmera (meaning "They made them unite" in Tigrinya), is the capital city and largest city of Eritrea.

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Auster

Auster Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1938 to 1961.

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Benina International Airport

Benina International Airport (مطار بنينة الدولي) serves Benghazi, Libya.

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Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who was the leader of the National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF).

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Bristol Beaufighter

The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter (often referred to simply as the "Beau") is a multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in the United Kingdom.

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Bruno Mussolini

Bruno Mussolini (22 April 1918 – 7 August 1941) was the son of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and Mussolini's wife Rachele.

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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938.

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Damascus

Damascus (دمشق, Syrian) is the capital of the Syrian Arab Republic; it is also the country's largest city, following the decline in population of Aleppo due to the battle for the city.

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De Havilland Vampire

The de Havilland Vampire is a British jet fighter developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.

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Desert Air Force

The Desert Air Force (DAF), also known chronologically as Air Headquarters Western Desert, Air Headquarters Libya, the Western Desert Air Force, and the First Tactical Air Force (1TAF), was an Allied tactical air force created from No. 204 Group under RAF Middle East Command in North Africa in 1941 to provide close air support to the British Eighth Army.

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner.

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Ghadames Airport

Ghadames Airport is located east of Ghadames, Libya.

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Gloster Meteor

The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to achieve combat operations during the Second World War.

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Hawker Hurricane

The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–1940s that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd.

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Idris of Libya

Idris, GBE (إدريس الأول; El Sayyid Prince Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi; 12 March 1889 – 25 May 1983), was a Libyan political and religious leader who served as the Emir of Cyrenaica and then as the King of Libya from 1951 to 1969.

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Imperial Line

The Imperial Line (Italian Linea dell'Impero or Linea Imperiale) was a flight route of the Italian national airline Ala Littoria between 1935 and 1941, when Italy lost control of the route during World War II.

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Imperial Service Order

The Imperial Service Order was established by King Edward VII in August 1902.

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Italian East Africa

Italian East Africa (Africa Orientale Italiana) was an Italian colony in the Horn of Africa.

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Italian Eritrea

Italian Eritrea was a colony of the Kingdom of Italy in the territory of present-day Eritrea.

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Italian language

Italian (or lingua italiana) is a Romance language.

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Italian Libya

Italian Libya (Libia Italiana; ليبيا الإيطالية) was a unified colony of Italian North Africa (Africa Settentrionale Italiana, or ASI) established in 1934 in what is now modern Libya.

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Italo Balbo

Italo Balbo (Ferrara, 6 June 1896 – Tobruk, 28 June 1940) was an Italian Blackshirt (Camicie Nere, or CCNN) leader who served as Italy's Marshal of the Air Force (Maresciallo dell'Aria), Governor-General of Libya, Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa (Africa Settentrionale Italiana, or ASI), and the "heir apparent" to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Kassala

Kassala (كسلا,; Cassala) is the capital of the state of Kassala in eastern Sudan.

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Kufra

Kufra is a basinBertarelli (1929), p. 514.

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Kufra Airport

Kufra Airport is an airport in Kufra, southeastern Libya.

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LATI (airline)

LATI (Linee Aeree Transcontinentali Italiane, "Italian Transcontinental Airlines") was an early transatlantic airline operating between Italy and South America between 1939 and 1941.

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Libya

Libya (ليبيا), officially the State of Libya (دولة ليبيا), is a sovereign state in the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.

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List of former Royal Air Force stations

This list of former RAF stations is a list of all stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force.

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Lockheed Hudson

The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter.

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Malta

Malta, officially known as the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta), is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Marseille

Marseille (Provençal: Marselha), is the second-largest city of France and the largest city of the Provence historical region.

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No. 108 Squadron RAF

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No. 112 Squadron RAF

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No. 117 Squadron RAF

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No. 145 Squadron RAF

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No. 185 Squadron RAF

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No. 208 Squadron RAF

No 208 (Reserve) Squadron was a reserve unit of the Royal Air Force, most recently based at RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales.

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No. 250 Squadron RAF

No 250 Squadron was formed on 10 May 1918 at Padstow from Nos.494, 500, 501, 502 and 503 Flights for coastal reconnaissance duties over the Bristol Channel and its approaches.

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No. 260 Squadron RAF

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No. 283 Squadron RAF

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No. 294 Squadron RAF

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No. 318 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron

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No. 450 Squadron RAAF

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No. 6 Squadron RAF

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No. 601 Squadron RAF

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No. 651 Squadron RAF

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No. 680 Squadron RAF

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No. 73 Squadron RAF

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No. 89 Squadron RAF

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No. 92 Squadron RAF

No. 92 Squadron, also known as No 92 (East India) Squadron, of the Royal Air Force was formed as part of the Royal Flying Corps at London Colney as a fighter squadron on 1 September 1917. It deployed to France in July 1918 and saw action for just four months, until the end of the war. During the conflict it flew both air superiority and direct ground support missions. It was disbanded at Eil on 7 August 1919. Reformed on 10 October 1939, the unit was supposed to be equipped with medium bombers but in the spring of 1940 it became one of the first RAF units to receive the Supermarine Spitfire.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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RAF Luqa

Royal Air Force Luqa was a Royal Air Force station located on the island of Malta, now developed into the Malta International Airport.

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Regia Aeronautica

The Italian Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica Italiana) was the name of the air force of the Kingdom of Italy.

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Rome

Rome (Roma; Roma) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale).

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

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Royal Corps of Colonial Troops

The Royal Corps of Colonial Troops (Regio Corpo Truppe Coloniali or RCTC) was a corps of the Italian armed forces, in which all the Italian colonial troops were grouped until the end of World War II in Africa.

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Sabha Airbase

Sabha Airbase (also called Tamanhent Airbase) is a Libyan Air Force base southeast of Sabha, Libya.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Supermarine Spitfire

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during and after World War II.

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Tripoli

Tripoli (طرابلس,; Berber: Oea, or Wy't) is the capital city and the largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.1 million people in 2015.

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Tripoli International Airport

Tripoli International Airport (Arabic: مطار طرابلس العالمي) is an international airport built to serve the capital city of Libya.

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Tunis

Tunis (تونس) is the capital and the largest city of Tunisia.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Vickers Warwick

The Vickers Warwick was a multi-purpose twin-engined British aircraft developed and operated during the Second World War.

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Vickers Wellington

The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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XSM-74

The Convair XSM-74 was a sub-sonic, jet-powered, ground-launched decoy cruise missile.

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417 Combat Support Squadron

417 Combat Support Squadron (French: 417e Escadron de soutien au combat) is an Air Force unit with the Canadian Forces.

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Redirects here:

Castel Benito, RAF Idris, Tripoli-Castel Benito Airport.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Castel_Benito

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