page_title: RAF Castel Benito
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Castel Benito
caption_attribution_description: The Italian Castel Benito airfield at Tripoli, Libya, under attack ba USAAF bombers, in early 1943.
context_page_description: Castel Benito was an airport of Tripoli created by the Italians in Italian Libya. Originally, it was a small military airport, but it was enlarged in the late 1930s and was later used by the British RAF after 1943. It was called RAF Castel Benito by the Allies.
  RAF Castel Benito was a Royal Air Force station near Tripoli in Libya between 1943 and 1966.
context_section_description: Castel Benito (called originally in Italian "Tripoli-Castel Benito Airport") was an airport of Tripoli created by the Italians in Italian Libya. Originally, it was a small military airport, but it was enlarged in the late 1930s and was later used by the British RAF after 1943. It was called RAF Castel Benito by the Allies.
  RAF Castel Benito (later RAF Idris) was a Royal Air Force station near Tripoli in Libya between 1943 and 1966.
caption: Castel Benito airport under attack in 1943
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