Air-raid
5 Archival description results for Air-raid
An article entitled 'Malta Day Off' by B.A. White, a Royal Air Force armourer
Vincent Caruana and his family had left Senglea for the safety of Siggiewi in June 1940 when the first Italian air raids had been carried out. He described the evacuation process and resettlement in a new village in the countryside with emotion and… Read more
In the first part of the interview, Vincent 'Censinu' Caruana started by going on a long monologue. He talked about the pre-war political situation by mentioning Neville Chamberlain, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, the Italian conquest of Abyssinia and… Read more
In the second part of the interview, Vincent 'Censinu' Caruana continued by talking about the lack of contact with British servicemen and the numerous colonial soldiers which were stationed in the Island. He described the air raids, Operation Pedestal… Read more