Well, packed and ready to go we were introduced to our pilot and navigator and plane, a Martin Maryland. It was one of 3 being sent to Malta to assist with air reconnaissance missions.
Adrian Warburton the navigator, known by his nickname Warby, kindly instructed me on the use of the photographic equipment on board as it was hoped to take some aerial photo's over Sardinia and Sicily for Admiral Cunningham, or ABC as his inner circle called him.
We hopped over France but daybreak found us over the Rhone Valley.
A little further on we took some good shots of an airfield on Sardinia and port on Sicily..
Warby kept up the refreshments...
We spotted some enemy ships moving towards Tunisia out of Sicily
landfall over Marsaxlokk Bay
landing at Luqa Airfield, big enough and permanent enough to take medium and heavy aircraft.
Valetta at dusk...
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