On 09/04/2023 19:55, a425couple wrote:
Do you know where those Italian CR-42's had flown from?I'm just drawing a blank on where the Italians were
based and what they might have been trying to do.
They had flown in from Syria as I recall which was a Vichty French
enclave and their intention was to support the Iraqi attack on RAF
Habbniyah. This would cut the British Supply lines from the port of
Basrah and the oilfields of Mosul.
see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria%E2%80%93Lebanon_campaign
Fortunately the 50 or so RAF biplanes, Fairy Gladiators and Hawker
Hind's although outnumbered won air superiority against a superior
force and a light armoured force from what is now Jordan supported by
Indian troops who took Basrah by sea put down the revolt.
On their way back the Army invaded Persia (Iran) and captured Tehran and opened up a southern suppy route into the USSR.
If you can find a copy, which are rarer than Hens Teeth, try and find a
copy of The Golden Caroet by Somerset De Chair. Failing that your
library is more likely to find you this account.
Blood, Oil and the Axis
Author - John Broich
ISBN-13 978-1468313994
A google search found this, and many others. My research rate is $120/hr., you owe $0.25.
<https://www.biblio.com/book/golden-carpet-declair-somerset/d/95728014?aid=frg&gclid=CjwKCAjwue6hBhBVEiwA9YTx8AQJAkKtjFJZiyLMyiRLcj7k6RzCtaTPeqEEHRjllWKaImVIxZOsABoCQZ0QAvD_BwE>
$5.
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