TURKISH MILITARY MISSION WITH WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. 9 APRIL 1943, ON BOARD HMS FORMIDABLE, THE TURKISH MILITARY MISSION; LED BY GENERAL SALIH OMURTAG AND CONSISTING OF 18 SENIOR TURKISH ARMY AND AIR FORCE OFFICERS WHICH HAS BEEN TOURING EGYPT AND WESTERN DESERT AND NORTH AFRICA PAID A VISIT TO MEN AND SHIPS OF THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. - Commander C M Orbay, Turkish Naval Observer (centre) chatting with the leader of the Mission, General Salih Omurtag. On the left is Vice Admiral A U Willis, CB, DSO, and the Captain of HMS FORMIDABLE watching the flight of an aircraft


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