Word: tramraid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Near Tobruk, all this while, the R.A.F. was feverishly busy. Gaily, pilots flew out from a field which they called Tramride. Grimly, they flew back again and renamed it Tramraid. Their job was to cut Axis supply columns, and it was urgent. They had to try to stave off the fall of Bir Hachéin for, if that hot spot fell, Rommel would have clear lines of communications for an advance on Tobruk...
...Twas hellish good fun," said one pilot returning to Tramraid...
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