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English: An RAF Vickers Wellington DWI (Directional Wireless Installation) mine-clearing aircraft flies over the harbour at Tripoli, 23 January 1943.
  • (Original IWM caption: A Vickers Wellington DWI (Directional Wireless Installation) aircraft of No. 1 General Reconnaissance Unit, flying south-west over the harbour at Tripoli, during a mine-clearance operation soon after the occupation of the town by the Allies on 23 January 1943. The DWI version of the Wellington was fitted with a 48-foot diameter electromagnetic ring for exploding magnetic mines sown by the Axis forces.)
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