File:Castel Benito airfield destroyed hangar 1943.jpg

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Description Wrecked Italian fighters in a destroyed hangar at Castel Benito airdrome, Tripolis, Libya, in early 1943. Visible are three Macchi MC.200 Saetta figthers and a single MC.202 Folgore (2nd plane from the right).
Original caption: "Enemy air equipment and installations took a heavy pounding from bombers of the United States Army Air Forces as they pursued Marshal Erwin Rommel's retreating Afrika Korps through Libya and Tripoli to the Tunisian coast. This was once a hangar at Castel Benito Airdrome."
Date early 1943
date QS:P,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40719727
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under the digital ID fsa.8e00961.
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22:16, 29 December 2008Thumbnail for version as of 22:16, 29 December 2008781 × 581 (250 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== Summary == {{Information |Description=Wrecked Italian fighters in a destroyed hangar at Castel Benito airdrome, Tripolis, Libya, in early 1943. Visible are three Macchi MC.200 ''Saetta'' figthers and a single MC.202 ''Folgore'' (2nd plane from the righ

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