ROYAL AIR FORCE: ITALY, THE BALKANS AND SOUTH-EAST EUROPE, 1942-1945. - Operation BOWLER: the attack on Axis shipping in Venice harbour. Smoke rises from shipping and dock installations in the harbour at Venice, Italy, during an attack by North American Mustangs and Curtiss Kittyhawks of No. 239 Wing RAF, Desert Air Force. Operation BOWLER was the only authorised bombing raid to be made on Venice throughout the war. It was so named by Air Vice-Marshal R M Foster, Air Officer Commanding the Desert Air Force, who expected to be 'bowler-hatted' ( dismissed the service) if the city itself suff
ROYAL AIR FORCE: ITALY, THE BALKANS AND SOUTH-EAST EUROPE, 1942-1945. - Operation BOWLER: the attack on Axis shipping in Venice harbour. Smoke rises from shipping and dock installations in the harbour at Venice, Italy, during an attack by North American Mustangs and Curtiss Kittyhawks of No. 239 Wing RAF, Desert Air Force. Operation BOWLER was the only authorised bombing raid to be made on Venice throughout the war. It was so named by Air Vice-Marshal R M Foster, Air Officer Commanding the Desert Air Force, who expected to be 'bowler-hatted' ( dismissed the service) if the city itself suffered any damage from the attack Royal Air Force, Wing, 239, Royal Air Force, Air Force, Western Desert
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