"Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1940-1945." Vickers Wellington Mark IC, X9889 'BL-D' of No. 40 Squadron RAF, under guard at Gibraltar while en route to the unit's new base at Luqa, Malta. X9889 was one of three of the squadron's Wellingtons destroyed during a German air raid on Luqa on 29 December 1941.