<i>Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943.</i><br>
Boeing Fortress Mark I, AN532 'WP-J', of No. 90 Squadron RAF/220 Squadron RAF Detachment on the ground at Shallufa, Egypt.  Following the Fortress's unsuccessful period of operations with 90 Squadron in the United Kingdom,  four aircraft were detached to the Middle East in November 1941, for night bombing attacks on Benghazi and enemy shipping in the Mediterranean.   On 1 December 1941, the Detachment was renamed No. 220 Squadron Detachment and AN532 was returned to the US Army Air Force shortly afterwards.
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between November 1941 and 1 December 1941 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1941-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1941-11-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1326,+1941-12-01T00:00:00Z/11</div>
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