RAF Habbaniya
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Royal Air Force Habbaniya, more commonly known as RAF Habbaniya was a Royal Air Force station at Habbaniyah, about 55 miles west of Baghdad in modern-day Iraq, on the banks of the Euphrates near Lake
Habbaniya airfield, circa 1941
Station badge (Infestos ferimus Latin: We strike the troublesome)
May 2007 view of the then derelict Habbaniyah Olympic pool
British media and service members make a brief visit to the cemetery for Remembrance Day ceremonies, 2007
Anglo-Iraqi War
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The Anglo-Iraqi War was a British-led Allied military campaign during the Second World War against the Kingdom of Iraq, then ruled by Rashid Ali al-Gaylani who had seized power in the 1941 Iraqi coup
British soldiers at Baghdad, 11 June 1941
HMS Cockchafer
Gloster Gladiators of No. 94 Squadron RAF Detachment, guarded by Arab Legionnaires, refuel during their journey from Ismailia, Egypt, to reinforce Habbaniya
HMS Hermes aircraft carrier