Operation White

Name: Operation White
Start: 1940

1940 · 37.20° N, 11.33° E

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When: 1940
Kind: Military operation
Coordinates: 37.20° N, 11.33° E
Description: 1940 British attempt to resupply Malta in WWII
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Operation White

1940 British attempt to resupply Malta in WWII

Operation White was a British attempt to deliver fourteen aircraft, twelve Hurricane Mk II fighters and two Skua fighter–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.

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