Armaments
My father George Addis (left) with David O'Connell taken on Safi Strip January 1941.
Still from a TV documentary on Operation Pedestal.
My father is in the dark uniform.
Probably taken around Safi Strip.
Armaments
My father George Addis (left) with David O'Connell taken on Safi Strip January 1941.
Still from a TV documentary on Operation Pedestal.
My father is in the dark uniform.
Probably taken around Safi Strip.
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Stack of bomb tail fins. Malta 1942 |
Self fusing bomb |
Stack of 20 lb bombs. Malta 1942 |
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Fitting first Block Buster to arrive in Malta |
Maltese labourers unloading bombs |
Fully loaded belly of Wellington. Malta 1942 |
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Bomb dump. Malta 1943 |
Station Armoury, Luqa,
November 1943. |
Untitled photo courtesy of Chris Rukin. |
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The bren carrier was adapted on Luqa as a bomb trailer tractor. These 3 photographs were taken on Luqa in 1943. |
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Loading torpedo |
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On the 7th June 1942 Axis aircraft dropped butterfly
bombs also called 'crackers'. These were dropped in containers which burst
on impact throwing out hundreds of grenades the size of cigarette tins.
Some of these exploded at once while others were detonated by a vehicle going
over them.
