The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was a reconnaissance and raiding unit of the British Army during the Second World War. Originally called the Long Range Patrol (LRP), the unit was founded in Egypt in June 1940 by Major Ralph Alger Bagnold, acting under the direction of General Archibald Wavell.

2022年2月9日 · The WACOs were sturdy aircraft with the typical short take off and landing associated with biplanes, which made them ideally suited for the clandestine work of the LRDG. They also bore a slight resemblance to the Fiat CR42 Falco (Falcon) one of the last Italian Fighter biplanes which may have helped them avoid contact with German and Italian ...

The Waco Custom Cabins were a series of up-market single-engined four-to-five-seat cabin sesquiplanes of the late 1930s produced by the Waco Aircraft Company of the United States. "Custom Cabin" was Waco's own description of the aircraft which despite minor differences, were all fabric-covered biplanes.

Waco ZGC-7 - The Waco ZGC-7 was a small single-engined biplane built by the Weaver Aircraft Company of Ohio during the 1930's, geared mainly at businessmen who wanted a reliable and reasonably fast way of travelling long distances. The ZGC, basically a customized version of WACO's popular UIC design, could seat two to four passengers and ...

2011年10月5日 · The WACOs were sturdy aircraft with the typical short take off and landing associated with biplanes, which made them ideally suited for the clandestine work of the LRDG.

Waco YKC, AX697 (left), and Waco ZGC-7, AX695 (right), of the Long Range Desert Group, on the ground in the Western Desert of Egypt between Kufra and Siwa after landing supplies for 'Y' Patrol. The aircraft were 'acquired' by the LRDG's second-in-command, Major G L Prendergast (a pilot himself) to solve the problem of supplying widely scattered ...

Below are photos of WWII LRDG units operating in North Africa. Source is the Imperial War Museum, London England. Clicking on any one thumbnail will display all photos in that particular row.

The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was a reconnaissance and raiding unit of the British Army during the Second World War.

In April of 1941 the LRDG HQ moved into Kufra Oasis as their advance base. Their Waco aircraft had been purchased in late March but were not ready until May, as the LRDG had to find a private contractor to make them air-worthy.

The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was a reconnaissance and raiding unit of the British Army during the Second World War. The commander of the German Afrika Corps, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, admitted that the LRDG "caused us more damage than …