"Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943." Short Sunderland Mark I, T9050 ‘Y’, of No. 230 Squadron RAF based at Aboukir, Egypt, taxying to its take-off point in Aboukir Bay. T9050 was later wrecked when it crashed on landing in Aboukir Bay on 30 September 1941.