A most important wartime role carried out by Royal Air Force personnel was that of Air/Sea Rescue, that is the saving of lives of airmen who, for one reason or another were forced to ditch their aircraft, or bale out of it, and end up in the sea.
Sadly today nothing survives of the once proud RAF Station Kalafrana sited within Marsaxlokk Bay, as following the withdrawal of the British Forces from Malta, the area was commercially developed into a large container terminal.
The author, Frederick Galea, is one of a small band of researcher/writers who spends his free time delving into Malta’s rich wartime aviation history. Together with friends of similar interests he was involved on a voluntary basis in the setting up of the War Museum at Valletta and the Aviation Museum at Ta’ Qali.