"Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943." Pilot Office S Linnard of No. 80 Squadron RAF, views the artwork on his Gloster Gladiator from the cockpit. at Sidi Barrani, Egypt, a few days after taking part in a major engagement with Italian fighters over Bir el Gobi, Libya, on 8 August 1940, in which the Squadron claimed nine Fiat CR.42s shot down for the loss of two Gladiators. Dunn himself was credited with two CR.42s during the fight.