Operation Pedestal, August 1942 12 August: Air Attacks: Army gunners man a 40mm Bofors gun aboard Melbourne Star. These weapons were intended for the air defence of Malta, and were nominally part of the cargo, but were used to supplement the ship's close range armament.

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