XPost: rec.aviation.military, aalt.war.world-war-two   
   From: keithwillshaw@gmail.com   
      
   In 1941 the only meaningful way the UK could strike back at Germany was   
   by bombing, on the ground the British Army learned its trade in North   
   Africa while the Navy was fully occupied keeping the Atlantic Convoys   
   viable, to be fair the USN was doing its bit. The first US casualty of   
   WW2 was the  USS Reuben James in Sept 1941 while escorting convoy ON 20   
      
   In 1941 my dad found himself in Basra Iraq as a signaller attached to   
   the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) relieving RAF Habbaniya. Here   
   occcured the last biplane air war in the west with RAF Gloucester   
   Gladiators defearing the Italian CR-42's   
      
   The secret weapon for the British Army was the Portee,  a 2 pounder AT   
   gun mounted on a truck.   
      
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