Operation White
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title:
Operation White
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Operation White was a British attempt to deliver fourteen aircraft, twelve Hawker Hurricane fighters and two Skua dive bombers, to Malta from the aircraft carrier HMS Argus. White was one of what became known as Club Runs, that supplied fighters for the defence of Malta. The operation was thwarted by the presence of the Italian fleet, which prompted the premature dispatch of the fighters; combined with bad weather and some poor navigation, this led to only five aircraft reaching Malta, all but o
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_White
date created:
2009-10-22T04:23:48Z
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2024-09-05T21:04:40Z
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