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Maaten Bagush (Ma'aten Baggush) was a vast
transit camp on the
Mediterranean s****, near the
Baggush Box ~50 km east of
Mersa Matruh, Egypt. It was used...
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Jeeps in June 1942, when Stirling's SAS
group attacked the Italian-held
Bagush airfield along with two
other Axis
airfields all in the same night. After...
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squadron "leapfrogged"
between Egyptian airstrips, from RAF El Daba to
Maaten Bagush and on to
Mersa Matruh; they lent air
support to the
ground forces and bombed...
- Blenheim, ****a No. 113
Squadron RAF, Blenheim, Ma'aten
Bagush No. 253 Wing RAF,
Advanced HQ Ma'aten
Bagush No. 45
Squadron RAF, Blenheim, ****a No. 211 Squadron...
- the
division and deplo**** to
protect the
landing fields in the Daba-****a-
Bagush area. On
taking over
responsibility for the
Frontier area on 2 December...
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Headquarters Western Desert RAF 9
October 1941 RAF Ma'aten
Bagush 27
April 1942 Ma'aten
Bagush Became Communication Unit,
Western Desert Communication Flight...
- the main
sources of
fresh water were
Roman aqueducts at
Matruh and
Maaten Bagush.
Water boats from
Alexandria and a
distillation plant at
Matruh increased...
- of B24 NAS (Naval Air Squadron)
flying from the RAF
airfield at
Maarten Bagush sunk the
depot ship
Monte Gargano, two
submarines and a
destroyer as they...
- / 31.10833; 27.50833 73, 80, 92, 145, 238, 250, 274 & 335 LG-14
Maaten Bagush Zawyet Harun 31°09′0″N 27°39′05″E / 31.15000°N 27.65139°E / 31.15000;...
- success,[citation needed] and No. 113
Squadron afterwards flew to Ma'aten
Bagush,
Egypt beyond the
range of
German bombers.
After the
outbreak of war with...
