"Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943." Flying Officer V C Woodward of 'B' Flight, No. 33 Squadron RAF, dons his parachute beside his Hawker Hurricane Mark I, at Fuka, Egypt. Woodward, a Canadian, had, by this time, shot down six enemy aircraft, and was to gain a further 19 victories before he left the Middle East Theatre in September 1941.