<i>Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943.</i><br>
Operation TORCH: a mobile Homer Station at work on the airfield at Bone, Algeria, during the arrival of Supermarine Spitfire reinforcement aircraft, ferried from Gibraltar.  The vehicle is a Commer Q2, fitted with an RVT 105 Signals body, housing single-channel VHF/DF radio equipment from which homing bearings and controlled descents were transmitted to the ferry pilots.  In the background, Spitfire Mark Vs can be seen, undergoing preparation for onward flights to the forward units.
Davidson V (Sgt), Royal Air Force official photographer
between 1939 and 1943 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1939-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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