610:
509:
189:
453:
357:
28:
52:
69:
554:), the most intense AA barrage yet fired was provided to protect her while unloading. After that, Axis air raids tailed off during the summer, apart from a flare-up in July. The regimental war diary described the summer night raids as 'half-hearted', with most of the bombs dropping harmlessly at sea well clear of the island. Only gunsite XHE25, equipped with
520:
continued to pound the island, concentrating on the harbour and airfields, usually with raids of 15 Ju 88s escorted by 50 or more fighters. By now the RAF fighter strength had been reduced to a handful of aircraft, and the AA guns were the main defence. March and April 1942 were the period of the
497:. Air raids were increasingly common during November and December, and rations and supplies began to run short. At the turn of the year 10 HAA Bde instituted a policy of rotating its units to maintain freshness. 10th HAA Regiment exchanged with 7th HAA Rgt and took responsibility for defending
605:
the same month, the siege of Malta was ended. The only enemy air activity for the rest of the year was occasional high-flying reconnaissances and one raid on Luqa in
December. On 18 November the commanding officer, Lt-Col J.E.C. Blunt, moved to 4th HAA Rgt and Maj G.J. Bell was promoted from
271:
These reinforcements led to reorganisation of the AA units in
Gibraltar: 19 AA Bty joined 82nd AA Rgt, while 9 AA Bty took over all the Bofors guns. A searchlight battery (3 S/L Bty) arrived, and an AA Operations Room (AAOR) was established to control all the gunsites and to coordinate with
340:), together with spare AA guns and barrels. The convoy picked up RHQ of 10th HAA Rgt and sailed on from Gibraltar on 7 November. The troops disembarked in Malta on 10 November where they joined the garrison and 10th HAA Rgt took over command of 191 and 222 HAA Btys. It was later joined by
444:
single-engined fighters. In March there was dive-bombing against the RAF airfields, and attacks on a supply convoy on 23 March. The HAA guns were engaged almost every day, taking a steady toll of the bombers. By the beginning of June the depleted
407:, and the raiders suffered heavily. A second raid made two days later was also disrupted by the defences. Only one bomb hit the ship, but the adjacent towns were badly hit, and nearby ships and AA positions suffered casualties. On 19 January the
272:
AA-equipped ships in the harbour. From June 1940, those AA units equipped with 3-inch or 3.7-inch guns were termed Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) to distinguish them from the new Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) units being formed with Bofors guns.
256:. A French dockyard strike prevented them from loading any of their 3-inch guns or vehicles, but they mounted 4 Bofors guns on the ship's deck and put to sea on 18 June. On arrival in Gibraltar they reinforced 10th AA Rgt. On 27 June,
569:, and a new round of heavy raids began, using new low-level or shallow dive-bombing tactics, mainly against the airfields and the RN submarine base. These used Ju88s escorted by a variety of German and Italian fighters, with Bf 109s,
737:, 68th HAA Rgt remained part of the permanent garrison of the island until the end of the war and beyond. The regiment was placed in suspended animation in Malta in December 1946 so that it could be officially reformed in the
558:, saw much action against the elusive 'tip and run' raiders, while i daylight the guns were reduced to firing a few 'pointer' rounds to direct the RAF fighters. The regiment took to opportunity to undertake more training.
245:
452:
1781:
1771:
480:
took the north. This arrangement was found not to work, and soon 7 AA Bde took over all the LAA and S/L defences while 10 AA Bde commanded the HAA guns, including 10th HAA Rgt, which defended the
161:
in the summer of 1939, so that on the outbreak of war in
September 1939 there were two batteries of gunners manning the totally inadequate AA defences of the fortress. These consisted of four old
208:, which initially manned two of the 3-inch guns. Apart from occasional shots fired at unidentified aircraft penetrating Gibraltar's airspace, there were no attacks on the fortress during the '
1776:
333:
257:
275:
The first serious air raid on
Gibraltar came at 02.00 on 18 July, when two unidentified aircraft bombed the slopes of the Rock, causing some fatalities. The attack was thought to be by the
126:
624:
By June/July 1943 the regiment was manning 15 x 3.7-inch and 6 x 4.5-inch guns and formed part of a large AA concentration protecting the build-up of forces in Malta for the
341:
325:
465:
337:
587:. However, these attacks also lost heavily to the AA guns and RAF fighters, despite the increasing shortages of food and supplies on the island. At last, in November
781:
during World War I. Postwar it was reformed as 35 (later 29) Heavy
Battery, RA. It was converted to 19 AA Battery in 3rd Heavy Regiment at Gibraltar on 26 June 1937.
544:
was suffering badly. By now each HAA regiment on Malta was rationed to 300 rounds per day and replacement gun barrels were scarce. When the fast minelayer HMS
329:
368:
Malta had been under air attack since the day Italy entered the war (11 June 1940) and urgently needed AA reinforcements. In
January 1941, the German
609:
403:'s) on 16 January to finish off the carrier, but the AA guns on the island had been re-sited to defend the ship alongside Parlotorio Wharf with a
157:(RA) stationed in Gibraltar: 19 AA Bty (originally 29 Heavy Bty), under the command of 3rd Heavy Regiment, RA. This was joined by 9 AA Bty from
1460:
959:
749:
The regiment's commanding officers included: Lt-Col S.C. Auld, from 13 November 1940 Lt-Col J.E.C. Blunt, from 11 May 1942 Lt-Col C.J. Bell,
1737:
714:
After the Tobruk disaster, 222 HAA Bty stationed on Malta as part of 10th HAA Rgt was deemed 'to carry on the honour title, traditions and
345:
972:
502:
1723:
1708:
1686:
1667:
1644:
1623:
1595:
1580:
738:
733:
Although the AA defences of Malta were progressively run down as units returned home or joined the campaigns in Sicily and later in
530:
477:
473:
1108:
936:
741:
in the UK on 1 January 1947. The personnel remaining in Malta then became 36 Coast
Artillery/AA Rgt in the postwar Regular RA.
734:
170:
1786:
1318:
508:
142:
107:
769:
19 HAA Bty had originally been formed on 1 April 1855; after a number of changes in designation it became No 76 Company,
230:
704:
750:
598:
204:) in December 1939 to take over 9 and 19 AA Batteries. They were also engaged in training the AA Section of the new
188:
284:
625:
770:
436:
was ordered to neutralise Malta, and it began a series of heavy bombing raids, mainly at night, accompanied by
432:
1536:
489:
205:
193:
356:
292:
276:
182:
1562:
A short history of 7th Heavy A.A. Regiment, 3rd
September, 1939-5th March, 1944, in the defence of Malta
469:
659:
617:
441:
380:
324:, a reinforcement convoy for Malta put in at Gibraltar. This included two independent HAA batteries:
313:), and caused considerable damage. Several of these bombers were shot down by the combined AA fire.
1573:
History of the Royal
Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939β1941
636:
487:
Malta was largely left alone during the summer of 1941, but attacks resumed in
November 1941 after
404:
301:. On 24 and 25 September Vichy bombers attacked Gibraltar again in retaliation for the British and
1675:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East
1656:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East
1632:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East
1611:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East
1235:
901:
718:' of 68th HAA Rgt. On 1 June 1943, RHQ 10th HAA Rgt was officially disbanded and reformed as RHQ
545:
166:
1733:
1719:
1704:
1682:
1663:
1640:
1619:
1591:
1576:
593:
297:
1629:
1608:
715:
708:
703:
on 21 June 1942. The remaining batteries were caught up in the rearguard actions during the
700:
551:
241:
162:
655:
1651:
1568:
666:
602:
481:
310:
154:
68:
27:
536:, with particular attention being paid to the HAA gunsites. On the last day of April the
620:; depicting an AA gun (in the centre of the composition) firing during a night air raid.
584:
555:
437:
321:
265:
57:
264:, and once they had unloaded their guns and equipment (16 x 3.7-inch, 8 x Bofors and
169:, spread in two-gun sections to give the widest possible coverage, and two of the new
1765:
397:
393:
385:
280:
92:
707:'s subsequent retreat and the remnants of the regiment were officially reduced to a
456:
Service personnel and civilians clear up debris on a heavily bomb-damaged street in
570:
130:
122:
72:
498:
302:
727:
577:
420:
344:(also from 69th (Warwickshire) HAA Rgt) which reached Malta in January. A new
249:
209:
178:
370:
223:
158:
134:
103:
1716:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914β55
699:
The Regimental HQ of 68th (North Midland) HAA Rgt had been captured at the
1660:(September 1941 to September 1942) British Fortunes reach their Lowest Ebb
457:
412:
153:
Before the war there had been only one anti-aircraft (AA) battery of the
1751:
512:
Tracer fire and shellbursts over Grand Harbour during a night air raid.
288:
174:
1575:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996,
778:
678:
522:
494:
378:
in attacks on Malta. On 11 January the damaged aircraft carrier HMS
316:
In July 1940, 10th HAA Rgt HQ had been ordered to be transferred to
1429:
List of units captured in Tobruk 21 June 1942, TNA file WO 201/690.
540:
rejoined the attack β which the AA gunners took as a sign that the
484:
airfields. New guns and GL Mk. I radar also arrived on the island.
1662:, London: HMSO, 1960 /Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004,
723:
685:
643:
608:
507:
355:
317:
306:
187:
138:
1681:, London: HMSO, 1966/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004,
790:
9 AA Bty had originally been formed in Hong Kong on 1 April 1933.
774:
1638:, London: HMSO, 1956/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004
1617:, London: HMSO, 1954/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004
1372:
10 HAA Rgt War Diary, JulyβDecember 1942, TNA file WO 169/7412.
597:
appeared, followed by a supply convoy. With the Axis defeat at
1402:
10 HAA Rgt War Diary, JanuaryβMay 1942, TNA file WO 169/14568.
279:
in retaliation for the British attack on the French fleet at
451:
440:-dropping in and around the harbour, and daylight sweeps by
291:
from Gibraltar. On 21 August the AA defences brought down a
1730:
England's Last War Against France: Fighting Vichy 1940β1942
1696:, London: Faber & Faber, 2017, ISBN, 978-0-571-30770-8.
348:
was later formed in Gibraltar to replace the absent 10th.
320:, but this did not occur until November when, as part of
1756:
1718:, London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's, 1994,
639:
or 'Flurry') β 3 x static 4.5-inch Mk I, GL Mk II radar
753:, from 18 November 1943 to conversion to 68th HAA Rgt
215:
The organisation of the regiment upon formation was:
1782:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1943
1772:
Heavy anti-aircraft regiments of the Royal Artillery
614:
Malta β the Harbour Barrage from the Upper Barracca
606:
commanding 12 AA Gun Operation Room to replace him.
1089:
69 HAA Rgt War Diary 1939β41, TNA file WO 166/2360.
98:
86:
78:
63:
45:
37:
20:
1673:Maj-Gen I.S.O. Playfair & Brig C.J.C. Molony,
119:10th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
1777:Military units and formations established in 1939
1694:Defending the Rock: How Gibraltar Defeated Hitler
1603:Battery Records of the Royal Artillery, 1859β1877
1636:The Germans come to the aid of their Ally (1941)
521:heaviest air raids on Malta, with well over 250
1615:The Early Successes against Italy (to May 1941)
1590:, Vol II, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984,
501:and Grand Harbour. At this point it manned 4 x
200:A regimental headquarters (RHQ) was formed (as
1605:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1970.
1340:Playfair, Vol III, pp. 158, 162, 170β1, 178β9.
1247:
1245:
868:Routledge, Table XI, p. 68; Table XIII, p. 69.
855:
853:
851:
849:
847:
845:
843:
841:
550:ran in ammunition supplies on 10 May (part of
1588:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660β1978
1026:
1024:
1022:
1020:
1018:
688:) β 4 x mobile 3.7-inch Mk IA, GL Mk II radar
476:covering the south half of the island, while
464:From April 1941, the regiment, together with
8:
1679:The Destruction of the Axis forces in Africa
449:handed responsibility back to the Italians.
1732:, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2009,
1564:, Aldershot : Gale & Polden, 1947.
1390:Playfair & Molony, Vol IV, pp. 194β200.
1319:"Malta 1942 AA deployment map, at RA 39β45"
669:) β 3 x static 4.5-inch Mk I, GL Mk I radar
1286:
1284:
1138:
1136:
1076:
1074:
1072:
26:
1358:Playfair, Vol III, pp. 187β8, 193β4, 314.
1221:
1219:
1217:
1215:
1062:
1060:
1058:
1056:
1054:
888:
886:
884:
882:
880:
878:
876:
874:
411:tried again, with a diversionary raid on
917:
915:
913:
911:
909:
141:where it defended the island during the
1455:
1453:
1398:
1396:
1368:
1366:
1364:
931:
929:
927:
826:Frederick, pp. 565, 569, 575, 590, 599.
802:
762:
196:man a 3.7-inch gun during World War II.
1308:Routledge, Table XXVII, p. 174; Map 7.
525:a day on occasions. In April 1942 the
392:laid on a major air raid (possibly 50
17:
1278:Playfair, Vol III, pp. 108, 118, 174.
810:
808:
806:
505:, 16 x 3.7-inch and 4 x 3-inch guns.
268:), 53rd AA Rgt re-embarked for home.
21:10th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
7:
722:, with the same batteries: 222 from
295:bomber during a raid by the Italian
1537:36 HAA Rgt at British Army 1945 on.
1039:Playfair, Vol I, pp. 119, 219, 241.
423:under her own steam on 23 January.
773:, and manned coastal batteries at
244:, a group of AA detachments under
14:
985:Playfair, Vol I, pp. 130β37, 142.
720:68th (North Midland) HAA Regiment
287:), which had been carried out by
960:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
835:Lawes, Vol II, 'Index of Units'.
67:
50:
32:Cap Badge of the Royal Artillery
1752:British Army units from 1945 on
958:53 HAA Regt War Diary 1940β41,
646:) -β 4 x static 3.7-inch Mk II
260:arrived from England on the SS
121:was an air defence unit of the
1447:Playfair, Vol III, pp. 288β97.
1420:Routledge, Table XXIX, p. 175.
681:) β 4 x static 3.7-inch Mk II
364:(right of crane) under attack.
137:early in the war, it moved to
41:30 December 1939 β 1 June 1943
1:
1701:The Guns and Gunners of Malta
1438:Playfair, Vol III, pp. 273β4.
662:) β 3 x static 3.7-inch Mk II
1178:Playfair, Vol II, pp. 47β51.
1151:Playfair, Vol I, pp. 319β23.
338:68th (North Midland) HAA Rgt
246:53rd (City of London) AA Rgt
192:The Royal Artillery-trained
1703:, Valletta: Mondial, 1999,
330:69th (Warwickshire) HAA Rgt
202:10th Anti-Aircraft Regiment
1803:
1251:Playfair, Vol III, p. 179.
1757:Royal Artillery 1939β1945
1630:Maj-Gen I.S.O. Playfair,
1609:Maj-Gen I.S.O. Playfair,
626:Allied invasion of Sicily
177:, with the assistance of
25:
1461:"68 HAA Rgt at RA 39β45"
1236:"HQRA Malta at RA 39β45"
1160:Playfair, Vol II, p. 46.
1121:Playfair, Vol II, p. 44.
1109:"13 HAA Rgt at RA 39β45"
973:"82 HAA Rgt at RA 39β45"
937:"10 HAA Rgt at RA 39β45"
859:Frederick, pp. 754, 766.
771:Royal Garrison Artillery
591:and her sister ship HMS
266:GL Mk I gun-laying radar
258:82nd (Essex) AA Regiment
133:. Having been formed in
460:, Malta, on 1 May 1942.
219:Regimental Headquarters
206:Gibraltar Defence Force
194:Gibraltar Defence Force
82:Anti-aircraft artillery
1473:Routledge, pp. 137β40.
902:3 Hvy Rgt at RA 39β45.
621:
583:biplanes operating as
513:
472:HAA units, came under
461:
365:
293:Savoia-Marchetti SM.79
277:Vichy French Air Force
197:
183:2-pounder pom-pom guns
173:, which protected the
1787:Malta in World War II
1714:Brig N.W. Routledge,
1601:Lt-Col M.E.S. Lawes,
1500:Joslen, pp. 464, 485.
892:Routledge, pp. 201β4.
612:
603:North Africa landings
511:
470:Royal Malta Artillery
455:
359:
191:
127:Mediterranean Theatre
1048:Rollo, pp. 205, 280.
529:switched tactics to
442:Messerschmitt Bf 109
149:Defence of Gibraltar
962:, file WO 166/2343.
745:Commanding officers
726:, 190 and 191 from
628:(Operation Husky):
334:222 (Derby) HAA Bty
229:19th HAA Bty (from
175:Royal Navy Dockyard
125:that served in the
1586:J.B.M. Frederick,
1527:Frederick, p. 949.
1482:Frederick, p. 772.
1290:Routledge, p. 169.
1260:Routledge, p. 168.
1098:Frederick, p. 767.
1080:Routledge, p. 167.
1030:Litchfield, p. 39.
921:Farndale, Annex M.
622:
514:
462:
366:
285:Operation Catapult
231:3rd Heavy Regt, RA
222:9th HAA Bty (from
198:
1738:978-0-297-85218-6
1692:Nicholas Rankin,
1411:Rollo, pp. 282β5.
1142:Farndale, p. 169.
1003:Smith, pp. 57β88.
815:Monthly Army List
538:Regia Aeronautica
388:for repairs. The
376:Regia Aeronautica
298:Regia Aeronautica
171:Bofors 40 mm guns
113:
112:
90:Gibraltar Command
1794:
1746:External sources
1548:
1545:
1539:
1534:
1528:
1525:
1519:
1516:
1510:
1507:
1501:
1498:
1492:
1489:
1483:
1480:
1474:
1471:
1465:
1464:
1457:
1448:
1445:
1439:
1436:
1430:
1427:
1421:
1418:
1412:
1409:
1403:
1400:
1391:
1388:
1382:
1379:
1373:
1370:
1359:
1356:
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1347:
1341:
1338:
1332:
1329:
1323:
1322:
1315:
1309:
1306:
1300:
1299:Anon, pp. 10β11.
1297:
1291:
1288:
1279:
1276:
1270:
1267:
1261:
1258:
1252:
1249:
1240:
1239:
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1226:
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1210:
1207:
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1194:
1188:
1185:
1179:
1176:
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1167:
1161:
1158:
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1149:
1143:
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1131:
1128:
1122:
1119:
1113:
1112:
1105:
1099:
1096:
1090:
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1081:
1078:
1067:
1064:
1049:
1046:
1040:
1037:
1031:
1028:
1013:
1010:
1004:
1001:
995:
994:Rankin, pp. 1β7.
992:
986:
983:
977:
976:
969:
963:
956:
950:
947:
941:
940:
933:
922:
919:
904:
899:
893:
890:
869:
866:
860:
857:
836:
833:
827:
824:
818:
817:, various dates.
812:
791:
788:
782:
767:
739:Territorial Army
552:Operation Bowery
426:In February the
419:made her way to
311:Operation Menace
71:
56:
54:
53:
30:
18:
1802:
1801:
1797:
1796:
1795:
1793:
1792:
1791:
1762:
1761:
1748:
1743:
1652:I.S.O. Playfair
1569:Martin Farndale
1556:
1551:
1547:Rollo, Annex B.
1546:
1542:
1535:
1531:
1526:
1522:
1517:
1513:
1509:Anon, pp. 30β1.
1508:
1504:
1499:
1495:
1490:
1486:
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1477:
1472:
1468:
1459:
1458:
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1446:
1442:
1437:
1433:
1428:
1424:
1419:
1415:
1410:
1406:
1401:
1394:
1389:
1385:
1381:Anon, pp. 26β7.
1380:
1376:
1371:
1362:
1357:
1353:
1349:Anon, pp. 22β5.
1348:
1344:
1339:
1335:
1331:Anon, pp. 12β6.
1330:
1326:
1317:
1316:
1312:
1307:
1303:
1298:
1294:
1289:
1282:
1277:
1273:
1269:Anon, pp. 9β11.
1268:
1264:
1259:
1255:
1250:
1243:
1234:
1233:
1229:
1225:Rollo, Annex E.
1224:
1213:
1209:Rollo, Annex C.
1208:
1204:
1198:Years of Defeat
1195:
1191:
1186:
1182:
1177:
1173:
1168:
1164:
1159:
1155:
1150:
1146:
1141:
1134:
1129:
1125:
1120:
1116:
1107:
1106:
1102:
1097:
1093:
1088:
1084:
1079:
1070:
1066:Rollo, Annex A.
1065:
1052:
1047:
1043:
1038:
1034:
1029:
1016:
1011:
1007:
1002:
998:
993:
989:
984:
980:
971:
970:
966:
957:
953:
949:Rankin, p. 153.
948:
944:
935:
934:
925:
920:
907:
900:
896:
891:
872:
867:
863:
858:
839:
834:
830:
825:
821:
813:
804:
800:
795:
794:
789:
785:
768:
764:
759:
747:
697:
667:Spinola Battery
601:and the Allied
585:Fighter-bombers
567:Fliegerkorps II
565:had reinforced
561:By October the
490:Fliegerkorps II
354:
155:Royal Artillery
151:
116:
106:
91:
51:
49:
33:
12:
11:
5:
1800:
1798:
1790:
1789:
1784:
1779:
1774:
1764:
1763:
1760:
1759:
1754:
1747:
1744:
1742:
1741:
1726:
1712:
1697:
1690:
1671:
1648:
1627:
1606:
1599:
1584:
1565:
1557:
1555:
1552:
1550:
1549:
1540:
1529:
1520:
1518:Rollo, p. 287.
1511:
1502:
1493:
1491:Rollo, p. 280.
1484:
1475:
1466:
1449:
1440:
1431:
1422:
1413:
1404:
1392:
1383:
1374:
1360:
1351:
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1280:
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1189:
1180:
1171:
1169:Anon, pp. 7β9.
1162:
1153:
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1132:
1130:Anon, pp. 6β7.
1123:
1114:
1100:
1091:
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1014:
1012:Anon, pp. 4β5.
1005:
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964:
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743:
735:mainland Italy
711:in September.
701:fall of Tobruk
696:
693:
692:
691:
690:
689:
682:
672:
671:
670:
663:
649:
648:
647:
640:
556:GL Mk II Radar
447:Fliegerkorps X
433:Fliegerkorps X
353:
352:Siege of Malta
350:
322:Operation Coat
252:aboard the SS
242:Fall of France
238:
237:
234:
227:
220:
150:
147:
114:
111:
110:
108:Siege of Malta
100:
96:
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58:United Kingdom
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1728:Colin Smith,
1727:
1725:
1724:1-85753-099-3
1721:
1717:
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1709:99909-68-84-5
1706:
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1699:Denis Rollo,
1698:
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1687:1-845740-68-8
1684:
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1668:1-845740-67-X
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1645:1-845740-66-1
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1624:1-845740-65-3
1621:
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1246:
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1216:
1212:
1206:
1203:
1199:
1193:
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1184:
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1045:
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1036:
1033:
1027:
1025:
1023:
1021:
1019:
1015:
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982:
979:
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528:
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510:
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504:
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492:
491:
485:
483:
479:
478:10 AA Brigade
475:
471:
467:
459:
454:
450:
448:
443:
439:
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434:
429:
424:
422:
418:
414:
413:Luqa airfield
410:
406:
402:
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398:Junkers Ju 87
395:
394:Junkers Ju 88
391:
387:
386:Grand Harbour
383:
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377:
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372:
363:
358:
351:
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336:(formerly of
335:
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328:(formerly of
327:
323:
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314:
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308:
304:
300:
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290:
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281:Mers-el-Kebir
278:
273:
269:
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262:City of Cairo
259:
255:
251:
248:escaped from
247:
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213:
211:
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203:
195:
190:
186:
184:
180:
176:
172:
168:
167:3.7-inch guns
165:and four new
164:
160:
156:
148:
146:
144:
140:
136:
132:
128:
124:
120:
115:Military unit
109:
105:
101:
97:
94:
93:Malta Command
89:
85:
81:
77:
74:
70:
66:
62:
59:
48:
44:
40:
36:
29:
24:
19:
16:
1729:
1715:
1700:
1693:
1678:
1674:
1659:
1655:
1635:
1631:
1614:
1610:
1602:
1587:
1572:
1561:
1543:
1532:
1523:
1514:
1505:
1496:
1487:
1478:
1469:
1443:
1434:
1425:
1416:
1407:
1386:
1377:
1354:
1345:
1336:
1327:
1313:
1304:
1295:
1274:
1265:
1256:
1230:
1205:
1197:
1192:
1183:
1174:
1165:
1156:
1147:
1126:
1117:
1103:
1094:
1085:
1044:
1035:
1008:
999:
990:
981:
967:
954:
945:
897:
864:
831:
822:
814:
786:
765:
748:
732:
719:
713:
698:
651:191 HAA Bty
637:Fleur-de-Lys
632:190 HAA Bty
623:
613:
592:
588:
580:
573:
571:Macchi C.202
566:
562:
560:
546:
541:
537:
531:
526:
517:
515:
488:
486:
474:7 AA Brigade
463:
446:
431:
427:
425:
416:
408:
400:
389:
379:
375:
369:
367:
361:
346:13th HAA Rgt
315:
296:
274:
270:
261:
253:
239:
214:
201:
199:
152:
145:of 1940β43.
131:World War II
123:British Army
118:
117:
87:Part of
73:British Army
15:
1658:, Vol III:
1187:Anon, p. 8.
705:Eighth Army
695:Disbandment
660:St Julian's
618:Leslie Cole
534:suppression
499:Fort Manoel
493:arrived in
466:7th HAA Rgt
417:Illustrious
405:box barrage
381:Illustrious
374:joined the
362:Illustrious
342:190 HAA Bty
303:Free French
283:on 3 July (
254:Alma Dawson
236:3rd S/L Bty
163:3-inch guns
102:Defence of
99:Engagements
1766:Categories
1677:, Vol IV:
1634:, Vol II:
1554:References
1200:, Annex F.
1196:Farndale,
728:Birmingham
578:Fiat CR.42
421:Alexandria
384:came into
305:attack on
250:Marseilles
240:After the
212:' period.
210:Phoney war
179:Royal Navy
1613:, Vol I:
757:Footnotes
686:Tal-Balal
656:Ta Δ iorni
644:Tal-Qroqq
563:Luftwaffe
542:Luftwaffe
527:Luftwaffe
518:Luftwaffe
428:Luftwaffe
409:Luftwaffe
390:Luftwaffe
371:Luftwaffe
224:Hong Kong
159:Hong Kong
135:Gibraltar
104:Gibraltar
1650:Maj-Gen
1567:Gen Sir
654:XHD17M (
589:Welshman
574:Folgores
547:Welshman
503:4.5-inch
468:and the
458:Valletta
684:XHE33 (
677:XHE27 (
665:XHE28 (
642:XHE26 (
635:XHE25 (
599:Alamein
594:Manxman
523:sorties
396:and 20
289:Force H
129:during
46:Country
1736:
1722:
1707:
1685:
1666:
1643:
1622:
1594:
1579:
1560:Anon,
779:Bombay
679:Naxxar
495:Sicily
415:, but
332:) and
64:Branch
55:
38:Active
798:Notes
724:Derby
716:plate
709:cadre
616:, by
581:Falco
401:Stuka
318:Malta
307:Dakar
181:(RN)
143:Siege
139:Malta
1734:ISBN
1720:ISBN
1705:ISBN
1683:ISBN
1664:ISBN
1641:ISBN
1620:ISBN
1592:ISBN
1577:ISBN
777:and
775:Aden
576:and
532:Flak
516:The
438:mine
360:HMS
79:Role
751:MBE
482:RAF
430:'s
326:191
1768::
1654:,
1571:,
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