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Old 26th June 2026, 22:36
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The Mysterious Air Attack on Tripoli, May 3, 1941

Colleagues, your help is needed to solve a historical mystery.
In serata, infine, ebbe inizio un attacco aereo britannico sul porto. Uno degli aerei attaccanti (probabilmente dei Vickers Wellington del 257th Wing della Royal Air Force, di base in Nordafrica) sorvolò più volte la Canopo; l’equipaggio della torpediniera ne sentiva il rumore prodotto dai motori, ma non riuscì ad avvistarlo. Alla fine, il velivolo avversario sganciò una bomba, che cadde sul lato sinistro, a proravia del fumaiolo.
https://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.bl...05/canopo.html
This is the Italian description of the attack that resulted in the sinking of the torpedo boat Canopo in Tripoli harbor on May 3, 1941. The Admiralty War Diaries for May 3 and the night of May 3/4 mention only Wellingtons air raids on Benghazi; there are no reports of aircraft attacks from Malta on Tripoli. Nevertheless, the Italians unequivocally state that the cause of their ship's destruction was a bomb dropped by a British aircraft.
I would like to determine which squadron attacked Tripoli and who sank the Canopus.

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