"Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1940-1945." Hawker Hurricane Mark IIs of No. 185 Squadron RAF, lined up at readiness at Hal Far, Malta. Hurricane Mark IIB, Z5265 'T' (centre,) was the aircraft flown by the Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader P W O Mould, when he was shot down and killed after the Squadron had scrambled to intercept Italian fighters north-east of the Island on 1 October 1941.