Benghazi Mail Run, The

DESCRIPTION: "Take off for the Western Destert, Fuka, 60, or 09, Same old Wimpey, same old target, Same old aircraft, every time." Are they on the right path? They attack Benghazi, but the damage seems slight. The singer wishes he were in Picadily
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook); reportedly sung 1941-1942
KEYWORDS: pilot war technology
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, pp. 191-192, "The Benghazi Mail Run" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [67 words]: For the Wellington bomber, see the notes to "Ops in a Wimpey." Benghazi, the largest city in eastern Libya, was (along with Tobruk) one of the most fought-over cities in the North African campaign of 1941-1942, lying as it did between the German/Italian base of Tripoli and the British base of Alexandria; it changed hands more than once, and whoever held it, the other side was trying to regain it. - RBW
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File: WJL191

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