B-17 CC Additional Material by Robert M Stitt

Grumman Goose HK822 ‘N’
at LG.05, Sidi Barrani, on
February 22, 1942, with Fortress
Is AN518 and AN532,
and a Wellington visible
to the rear. Like Fairchild
91 HK832, the Goose was
acquired by the British
Air Ambulance Corps and
operated by the Sea Rescue
Flight. It was transferred
to 1 Air Ambulance Unit,
RAAF, on December 1, 1942,
but crashed eight days later
during landing practice on
the sea, 15 miles (24 km)
north of Benghazi.
Ground crew at work on
a Fortress I at Sidi Barrani
on February 22, 1942, the
day AN518 and AN532
were dispatched to attack the
Italian fleet. Cpl Holmes is
on the ladder.
Hawker Hurricane I at
LG.05, Sidi Barrani, on February
22, 1942. The visible
portion of the code letters
suggests the aircraft might
have belonged to the Royal
Naval Fighter Squadron, unit
code ‘OL’.
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