Us Official Photographs

Nazi airdrome in Tripoli hit

At the Nazi airdrome in Tripoli, Tripolitania, Libya direct hits destroy a second hangar (1) while near misses explode in an orchard (4) immediately behind the flight line. The two hangars in the upper right of the photo were hit on previous raids. Personnel quarters and machine shops (2) have also been battered. At the left of the quarters is a small lot (3) filled with wrecked planes.