"Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1940-1945." Groundcrews check Bristol Beaufort Mark I, DD959 'Q', of No. 217 Squadron RAF, prior to a sortie from Luqa, Malta. Note the twin .303 machine guns mounted in the nose and the "Yagi" aerial of the airborne ASV radar underneath. DD959 was shot down in the Ionian Sea by A Junkers Ju 88C of I/NJG.2 while returning from an aborted anti-shipping strike on 20 June 1942.