Goubrine Ii
Tunisia
About
Goubrine II was an airfield used by the Royal Air Force in Tunisia during the Second World War.
A fuller history of this station is still being researched and will be added.
Photographs
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-handley Page Hp.57 Halifax. Halifax A Mark V Series 1 (Special) glider tug, DG396 ‘QQ’, of No. 295 Squadron RAF based at Holmesley South, Hampshire, running up its engines on a landing ground at Goubrine II, Tunisia, while taking part in Operation BEGGAR: the transit of Halifax/Horsa glider combinations from the UK to North Africa by units of No. 38 Wing RAF, in preparation for the invasion of Sicily (Operation HUSKY).
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Lea T (Fg Off), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aircraft_of_the_Royal_Air_Force_1939-1945-handley_Page_Hp.57_Halifax._CM6924.jpgView source & full licence →Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. An Airspeed Horsa Mark I glider of No. 38 Wing RAF waits to be towed off from the runway at Goubrine II, Tunisia, at the commencement of Operations FUSTIAN and MARSTON, the 1st Airborne Division landings in Sicily.
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Lea T (Fg Off), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force-_Italy,_the_Balkans_and_South-east_Europe,_1942-1945._CNA1664.jpgView source & full licence →Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. A tattooed sergeant-major glider pilot of the Army Air Corps and a glider-tug pilot of No. 296 Squadron RAF studying a map of Sicily at Goubrine II, Tunisia, in preparation for the 1st Airborne Division landings in Sicily (Operations FUSTIAN and MARSTON).
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Lea T (Fg Off), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force-_Italy,_the_Balkans_and_South-east_Europe,_1942-1945._CNA1661.jpgView source & full licence →Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Operation HUSKY: an Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle Mark I of No. 296 Squadron RAF takes of in the evening light from Goubrine II, Tunisia, during the airborne landings on Sicily; possibly carrying a team from No. 2 Special Air Service on Operation CHESTNUT, (12 July 1943).
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Royal Air Force official photographer, Trievnor J (Fg Off) / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Middle_East_and_North_Africa,_1939-1943._CNA4066.jpgView source & full licence →Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Operation HUSKY: Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle Mark Is of No. 296 Squadron RAF, lined up at Goubrine II, Tunisia, while taking part in the airborne landings on Sicily. Photograph taken from under the wing of a Waco CG-4A glider.
ⓘ licence & credit
Royal Air Force official photographer, Trievnor J (Fg Off) / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Middle_East_and_North_Africa,_1939-1943._CNA4063.jpgView source & full licence →Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. A Handley Page Halifax A Mark V Series 1 (Special) glider tug of No. 295 Squadron RAF Detachment prepares to tow off an Airspeed Horsa glider at Goubrine II, Tunisia, during preparations for Operation FUSTIAN; the airborne assault and seizure of the Primosole Bridge over the River Simeto, south of Mount Etna on Sicily, by elements of 1st Parachute Brigade on the night of 13/14 July 1943.
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Lea T (Fg Off), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Middle_East_and_North_Africa,_1939-1943._CM6932.jpgView source & full licence →Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. An airman attaches the tow rope of an Airspeed Horsa glider to the tow hook of a Handley Page Halifax A Mark V Series 1 (Special) glider tug of No. 295 Squadron RAF Detachment at Goubrine II, Tunisia, in preparation for Operation FUSTIAN; the airborne assault and seizure of the Primosole Bridge over the River Simeto, south of Mount Etna on Sicily, by elements of 1st Parachute Brigade on the night of 13/14 July 1943.