Flying into the Lion’s Jaws

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During his initial exposure to Libyan skies as a Canadian with Royal Air Force 94 Squadron on March 23, 1942, 21-year-old Lt. James Francis Edwards, a former Saskatchewan farm boy, helped escort 12 South African Air Force Douglas A-20 Havoc bombers to an Axis-held airfield marked as Martuba on intelligence charts. From this dust-blown patch of sand and stone, enemy aircraft sauntered airborne to harass Malta-bound convoys. Defended by walls of anti-aircraft guns and infested...

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