5 November 1956
Siege of El Gamil Airfield
The 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment drops at El Gamil Airfield, establishing a secure base for incoming support aircraft & reinforcement
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at El Gamil Airfield in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment drops at El Gamil Airfield, establishing a secure base for incoming support aircraft & reinforcement
Provenance
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