ROYAL AIR FORCE: EAST AFRICA COMMAND, 1940-1945. - Bombs explode on buildings and Italian aircraft at Addis Ababa airfield, during an attack in poor weather by five Vickers Wellesleys of No. 223 Squadron RAF Detachment based on Perim Island. The Squadron destroyed two hangars and five aircraft with another two badly damaged. During the raid four of the Wellesleys were hit (one badly) by anti-aircraft fire, and they were also subject to a determined attack by a lone Italian fighter. , Royal Air Force, Maintenance Unit, 223

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