Tripoli, Libya. Daylight raid by Allied air forces on the Castel Benito airdrome, resulting in great damage to machine shops shown at the scene of the airdrome and other installations

Tripoli, Libya. Allied air forces bombs rain down on Castel Benito airdrome during a daylight raid which damaged machine shops and other installations. In the foreground a train of bombs may be seen dropping from the bay of a United States plane

8th Army in Tripoli. Wreckage of Italian hangars and airplanes at Castel Benito Airfield outside Tripoli. The airfield was captured by the British in the Tripoli campaign

A black and white photo of three men standing on a porch. Office of War Information Photograph

All that is left of a Junkers 52 troop carrier after Allied airmen bombed the administrative buildng and airdrome of an Axis position in Libya

Tripoli, Libya. Daylight raid by Allied air forces on the Castel Benito airdrome, resulting in great damage to machine shops shown at the scene of the airdrome and other installations

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Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1943

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Location

Tripoli, 32.89553, 13.17879

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Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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