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May 28th June 1943. Gibraltar. Avro York 'Ascalon' leaves
the North Front with a Spitfire escort. On board were Prime Minister
Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, Generals Alexander, Ismay and
Allenbrooke, plus Air Marshal Tedder and General Marshall (USA)
all heading out on a tour of North Africa with stops in Algiers,
Chatcaudun du Rhummel (a USAAC B-17 base), Tunis and Grombalia.
The Avro York was built as a transport aircraft using the wings
and tail arrangement from the Lancaster Bomber design. |