The Bristol Bombay was a British troop transport aircraft adaptable for use as a medium bomber flown by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It saw early service ferrying supplies to the British Expeditionary Force in France in 1940, but the Bombay's main service was in the Middle East, when they were used as night bombers, as transport aircraft and ferried supplies and evacuated the wounded personnel.
The Bristol Bombay was a British troop transport aircraft adaptable for use as a medium bomber flown by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It saw early service ferrying supplies to the British Expeditionary Force in France in 1940, but the Bombay's main service was in the Middle East, when they were used as night bombers as well as in their principal role as transport aircraft. They ferried supplies and evacuated the wounded during the Siege of Tobruk, while on 2 May 1941, Bombays of No. 216 Squadron RAF evacuated the Greek Royal Family from Crete to Egypt. Bombays evacuated over 2,000 wounded during the Sicily campaign in 1943, and one crew was credited with carrying 6,000 casualties from Sicily and Italy before the type was finally withdrawn from use in 1944.
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