Joe`s last Christmas card to Jack Guard and his wife, Dot......Christmas 2008
Here are further extracts from reports on Operation Muskateer 1956
Nov 1st 1956....Around 06.00 hrs on Kasfareert and Kibrit whole rows of EAF planes were destroyed on the ground. The attacking force consisted of Venoms, Thunderstreaks, Seahawks, Sea Venoms and Westland Wyverns. By 08.45 hrs the RAF and AdA ground based fighters flew 58 combat sorties against Abu-Swayr, Faridan, Kibrit, Fayd and Kasfareet. A second wave followed between 09.30 hrs and 13.30 hrs hitting not only parked aircraft but also hangers, shops and munition depots.
The following night, the RAF repeated a series of strikes with Valiant and Canberra bombers hiting Cairo West, Fayid, Kasfareet and Luxor. Many other airfields were attacked simultaneously.
Nov 1st 1956....Around 06.00 hrs on Kasfareert and Kibrit whole rows of EAF planes were destroyed on the ground. The attacking force consisted of Venoms, Thunderstreaks, Seahawks, Sea Venoms and Westland Wyverns. By 08.45 hrs the RAF and AdA ground based fighters flew 58 combat sorties against Abu-Swayr, Faridan, Kibrit, Fayd and Kasfareet. A second wave followed between 09.30 hrs and 13.30 hrs hitting not only parked aircraft but also hangers, shops and munition depots.
The following night, the RAF repeated a series of strikes with Valiant and Canberra bombers hiting Cairo West, Fayid, Kasfareet and Luxor. Many other airfields were attacked simultaneously.