| | The Royal Air Force - History (Campaign Histories) - Habbaniya 1941 (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | The knowledge that this force as being sent to Habbaniya, together with the reinforcements received by air from Basrah and the re-organisation of the ground forces of the garrison with the equipment captured from the Iraqis, made it possible to consider plans for offensive action from Habbaniya. |
 | | To harness our main air effort to the direct support of the Army's operations was, in the circumstances brought about by the intervention of the German Air Force, to divert it from its primary role, and I was consequently rather reluctant to agree to the carrying out of the Fallujah operation as planned. |
 | | A strong force of bombers, escorted by fighters made a heavy attack on the hangar area at Rashid on 20 May. In this attack practically all the big hangars were hit or damaged y near misses and it was considered probable that the object of denying their use to the Germans had been achieved. |
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