Raid on Sidi Haneish Airfield

The Raid on Sidi Haneish Airfield was a military operation carried out the night of 26 July 1942. A British Special Air Service unit commanded by Major David Stirling attacked a German-held airfield in Egypt during the Western Desert Campaign of Second World War. Several Luftwaffe aircraft used to ferry supplies to the Axis forces were destroyed or damaged with machine-gun fire and explosives. Axis front line units were diverted to reinforce the garrisons in the rear vulnerable to attack.

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airstrike, 

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1942 Raid on Sidi Haneish Airfield

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1942	Raid on Sidi Haneish Airfield	airstrike	Wikidata