Tragedy at Kufra
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The Tragedy at Kufra occurred in May 1942 during World War II, when 11 of 12 South African aircrew flying in three Bristol Blenheim Mark IV aircraft of No. 15 Squadron of the South African Air Force d
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The cockpit of a Bristol Blenheim Mark IV on display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in August 2005.
A line-up of Bristol Blenheim Mark IVs, the same of type of aircraft forced down in the Kufra incident.
A Royal Air Force Bristol Blenheim Mark IV similar to those involved in the Kufra incident being serviced in the Middle East ca. 1942.
The Flight of the Phoenix is a 1964 novel by Elleston Trevor. The plot involves the crash of a transport aircraft in the middle of a desert and the survivors' desperate attempt to save themselves. The
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