ROYAL AIR FORCE: ITALY, THE BALKANS AND SOUTH-EAST EUROPE, 1942-1945. - Smoke rises from the Averoff Prison in Athens as Bristol Beaufighters of No. 39 Squadron RAF attack prison buildings held by ELAS insurgents during the Greek Civil War. Five aircraft, operating from Hassani/Kalmaki airfield, scored 36 direct hits on the targets with 3-inch rocket projectiles, causing the collapse of he East and West Wings of the prison and the ejection of the insurgents from their strongpoint Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment, Sqdn, 39

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