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From sources I have to hand 49, 110 and 214 Squadrons operated Lincolns, No. 1340 Flight operated Harvards, the Middle East Air Force supplied a few Vampires and photo recon Meteors. Ground support was supplied by a mix of Valetta, Pembroke, Auster AOP and Sycamore helos.

Can find no specific mention of the Anson, though Robert seems assured of their use. Perhaps they were used as a comms or hack aircraft. Ability to carry eight 20 pound, or two 250 pound bombs, may have been put to use as well if they had been available.

Have a photo of an armourer rearming a Harvard during the campaign with what look like 20 pound fragmentation bombs.

The RAF paid off the last Anson in 1968.
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