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Operation Turkey Buzzard, also known as Operation Beggar, was a British supply mission to North Africa that took place between March and August 1943, during the Second World War. The mission was undertaken by No. 2 Wing, Glider Pilot Regiment and No. 295 Squadron Royal Air Force, prior to the Allied invasion of Sicily. Unusually, the mission was known by different names in different branches of the British Armed Forces: the British Army called the operation "Turkey Buzzard", while in the Royal Air Force it was known as "Beggar".

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  • Operazione Turkey Buzzard (it)
  • Operation Turkey Buzzard (en)
  • Operacja Turkey Buzzard (pl)
  • Операция «Беггар» (ru)
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  • Operation Turkey Buzzard, also known as Operation Beggar, was a British supply mission to North Africa that took place between March and August 1943, during the Second World War. The mission was undertaken by No. 2 Wing, Glider Pilot Regiment and No. 295 Squadron Royal Air Force, prior to the Allied invasion of Sicily. Unusually, the mission was known by different names in different branches of the British Armed Forces: the British Army called the operation "Turkey Buzzard", while in the Royal Air Force it was known as "Beggar". (en)
  • L'operazione Turkey Buzzard, nota anche come Operazione Beggar, fu una missione di rifornimento britannica in Nordafrica che ebbe luogo tra marzo e agosto 1943, durante la seconda guerra mondiale. La missione fu intrapresa dal 2º Reggimento Piloti Alianti e dallo Squadrone n. 295 della Royal Air Force, prima dell'invasione alleata della Sicilia. Insolitamente, la missione era conosciuta con nomi diversi in diversi rami delle forze armate britanniche: l'esercito britannico la chiamava operazione Turkey Buzzard, mentre nella Royal Air Force era conosciuta come Beggar. (it)
  • Operacja Turkey Buzzard, znana również jako operacja Beggar – brytyjska operacja zaopatrzeniowa dla sił alianckich stacjonujących w Afryce Północnej, przeprowadzona w okresie od czerwca do sierpnia 1943 r. podczas II wojny światowej. Operacja została nazwana w odmienny sposób przez poszczególne rodzaje brytyjskich sił zbrojnych: armia brytyjska nazwała ją „Turkey Buzzard”, podczas gdy w lotnictwie była znana pod kryptonimem „Beggar”. (pl)
  • Операция «Беггар» (англ. Operation Beggar, англ. Operation Turkey Buzzard) — британская операция по доставке военных планеров в Северную Африку, проведенная в период с 3 июня по 7 июля 1943 года в ходе Второй мировой войны. Для выполнения миссии были задействованы 2-е крыло планерного полка и 295-я эскадрилья военно-воздушных сил Великобритании. Основной задачей было успеть доставить планеры до начала вторжения союзных войск в Сицилию. (ru)
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  • Operation Turkey Buzzard / Beggar (en)
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