Libya Collection (#3)

RAF Tornado GR4 Aircarft During Operation Ellamy
Two fully armed RAF Tornados from RAF Marham transit the Mediterranean Sea enroute to Libya as part of the UKs Operation Ellamy to enforce the UN no-fly zone in March 2011

RAF Tornado GR4 Aircraft Return to RAF Marham
Tornado GR4 aircraft are pictured returning to their base at RAF Marham in Norfolk following their participation in Operation Ellamy in 2011

Cartoon with British and American tanks, WW2
Cartoon, political map of Libya with British and American tanks during the Second World War. circa 1942

Sabratha Roman archaeological site. Sabratha, Tripolitania, Libya

Sand dunes in the Erg Awbari. Fezzan, Libya

Sand dunes in the Erg Awbari. Fezzan, Libya

Sand dunes in the Erg Awbari. Sahara desert, Fezzan, Libya

Sand dunes in the Sahara desert. Akakus, Fezzan, Libya

Sand dunes in the Sahara desert. Akakus, Fezzan, Libya

Rock formations and sand dunes in the Akakus, Fezzan, Libya

The Tombs of Garamantes. Jarma, Fezzan, Libya

Sand dunes in the Erg Awbari. Fezzan, Libya

Tin Ghalega rock formation, Red Rhino Arch. Wadi Teshuinat, Akakus, Fezzan, Libya

Libyans Protesting In All Ages
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An Excursion from Tunis to Zowan - Roman and Saracen Entrance-Gate to Zowan...1858. Creator: Unknown
An Excursion from Tunis to Zowan - Roman and Saracen Entrance-Gate to Zowan, fifty miles south from Carthage, 1858. Engraving from a sketch by Mr

Oasis de Ghadames; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Oasis de Ghadames; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Panorama de Tripoli; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Panorama de Tripoli; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Tripoli. Le grand Sakko; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Tripoli. Le grand Sakko; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Mourzouk; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Mourzouk; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Types d'Arabes de la Tripolitaine; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Types d'Arabes de la Tripolitaine; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Cyrenaique; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Cyrenaique; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Les abords de Tripoli par un gros temps; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Les abords de Tripoli par un gros temps; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Dans le desert de Libye; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Dans le desert de Libye; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

A la lisiere du desert en Tripolitaine; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
A la lisiere du desert en Tripolitaine; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Les oasis de Libye; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Les oasis de Libye; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Le Djebel Nefousa; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Le Djebel Nefousa; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Afrique Du Nord-Est; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Afrique Du Nord-Est; Le Nord-Est Africain, 1914.. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Map of Libya, the Middle East and North Africa, 1478, reprinted 1889. Creator: Unknown
Map of Libya, the Middle East and North Africa, 1478, reprinted 1889

Palm trees on the shore of the Um el Maa lake in the Ubari Sand Sea, Sahara, Libya
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In the Western Desert, a bakery at work. Fresh bread for Australian troops at Tobruk is baked in these " Aldershot" ovens in the field

A British solder having a bath. Tobruk. Libya. The Siege of Tobruk lasted for 241 days in 1941, after Axis forces advanced through Cyrenaica from El Agheila in Operation Sonnenblume against Allied

Tobruk. (Picture) After a very heavy rainstorm which followed a sandstorm which had lasted all day. Water rushed down Waddis and flooded many of the tents

A German petrol dump captured between Bardia and Tobruk. Pictured, hundreds of petrol cans full of petrol being loaded on to a British truck. December 1941

North Africa, from a nautical atlas, 1520 (ink on vellum) (detail from 330916)
XOT330918 North Africa, from a nautical atlas, 1520 (ink on vellum) (detail from 330916) by Giovanni Xenodocus da Corfu (fl. 16th Century); Museo Correr, Venice, Italy; Greek, out of copyright

Sand dunes in the Libyan desert, Sahara, Libya, North Africa, December 2007

Sand dunes in the Libyan desert at dawn, Sahara, Libya, North Africa, November 2007

Sabratha Roman site, Tripolitania, Libya

RAF Tornado Takes Off from Italy with Raptor Surveillance Pod
A Royal Air Force Tornado takes off for a sortie, with a RAPTOR imaging pod carried under the aircraft. RAPTORs imaging capabilities mean that such missions are a key part of NATOs intelligence

RAF Typhoon Jet Fighter Takes off from Gioia Del Colle Airfield in Italy
A Royal Air Force Typhoon takes off on a mission from Gioia del Colle Airfield during Operation Ellamy in 2011. Typhoon provides the RAF with a multi-role combat aircraft

Royal Navy Sandown Class Mine Countermeasures Vessel HMS Bangor Operating near Tobruk
Sandown Class Mine Countermeasures Vessel HMS Bangor is pictured near Tobruk, Libya. HMS Bangor and HMNS Vlaardigen had been given the task of clearing a shipping lane into the Key Port of Tobruk

RAF Tornado GR4 Prepares For Mission On Op Ellamy Over Libya
The first operational mission by Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 aircraft from Gioia Dell Colle, Italy, as part of Operation Ellamy

RAF Typhoon Aircraft Takes off for Operations over Libya
Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 aircraft with AMRaM and ASRaM missiles fitted, departs from Gioia Del Colle Airfield in Southern Italy on a mission to enforce the No Fly Zone over Libya during Operation

A Royal Air Force Typhoon Takes off for Libya from Gioia del Colle, Southern Italy
A Royal Air Force Typhoon armed with ASRaM (outer wings) Paveway II bombs (under wings) and Litening Pod (under fuselage) takes off for Libya from Gioia del Colle, southern Italy

Tornado GR4 Takes Off from RAF Marham to Enforce No Fly Zone over Libya
A Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 aircraft takes off from RAF Marham to enforce the UN sanctioned no fly zone over Libya, as part of Resolution 1973

Stores Transfer by Lynx Helicopter to HMS Westminster off Libya
HMS Cumberlands Lynx helicopter transfers essential stores and ammunition to HMS Westminster. HMS Westminster the Portsmouth based Type 23 Frigate

RAF Typhoon Aircraft Following Their First Operational Mission Over Libya
Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft are pictured following their first mission over Libya in support of UN Resolution 1973. The aircraft arrived on Sunday March 20

RAF Tornado GR4 Aircraft
A Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 aircraft takes off from Gioia Del Colle airbase, Italy on 3 April 11 during the early stages of Operation Unified Protector

HMS Cumberlands Lynx Returns to Mother During Operation Ellamy
Pictured: HMS Cumberlands Lynx helicopter returns to Mother after transferring essential stores and ammunition to HMS Westminster

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