Photos show elite Allied soldiers storming Italian airbase in Libya during 1942 Operation Caravan
The operation was carried out by members of the elite Long Range Desert Group in September 1942 It was carried out to distract attention from the preparation for the Battle of El Alamein a month later The elite forces destroyed or damaged 23 Italian planes being used to drop bombs on Allied troops Incredibly, whilst ten members of the force were captured and 11 were injured, no one was killed
Source: dailymail.co.uk