Merlins over Malta by Gerald Coulson. (AP) SPE15 Stirling W7428 is also shown

Stirling W7428 is also shown with her port wing ablaze

before crashing heavily

Among the most celebrated of Italian bomber pilots was Capitano Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia

Due to a misalignment of the opposing armies

2nd Regiment of Life Guards in Full Dress

Merlins over Malta by Gerald Coulson. (AP) SPE15 Stirling W7428 is also shownDHM1782AP. Merlins over Malta by Gerald Coulson. If the German and Italian forces were to succeed in their campaign in North Africa something had to be done about Malta. British submarines and torpedo carrying aircraft based on the tiny Mediterranean island were wreaking havoc with Axis shipping, severely hampering their efforts to get supplies and reinforcements through. The German High Command had had enough and the order came to obliterate the