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2 unusual facts about RAF Hal Far


821 Naval Air Squadron

821 Squadron was transferred again in November 1942 to operate out of RAF Hal Far, on Malta, attacking enemy supply convoys headed to North Africa.

RAF Hal Far

To deter any possible enemy attack, nine Spitfire IXs of N° 1435 Squadron, and six Mosquito night fighters of N° 256 Squadron, deployed to Hal Far from Grottaglie and Foggia respectively, two of the Mosquitos escorting the Prime Minister's Avro York transport aircraft outside Malta and into Luqa airfield on 29 January.



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