APPENDIX ‘A’

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APPENDIX ‘A’

Strength Of Italian Air Force In Middle East: July 1940
East Africa
Fighters 44
Recce 18
Bombers 139
Bomber recce Nil
Seaplanes Nil
Dive bombers Nil
Libya
Fighters 141
Recce 100
Bombers 128
Bomber recce 21
Dive bombers Nil
Seaplanes 12
Ground attack 16
Transport 15
Dodecanese
Fighters 21
Bombers 73
Transport 5
Seaplanes 31
Total 764
Strength Of British Air Force In Middle East: July 1940
Egypt, Palestine, Sudan
Fighters—
Gladiators 92
Hurricanes 3
Audax Fighters 2
Bombers 149
Army Co-operation 50
Flying boats 15
Transport: bombers 25
Aden, Kenya, Somaliland—
Fighters—
Gladiators 8
Hurricanes 4
Recce 18
Bombers 54
Army Co-operation 12
Transport: bombers 4
Total 436

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Title: Documents Relating to New Zealand’s Participation in the Second World War 1939―45: Volume 1

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1949, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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