Talk:RAF El Daba

Placement of El Daba in the Nile Delta is wholly erroneous.

El Daba, site of LG 105, lies on the railway that runs inland along the coastal fringe of the Western Desert, at approx 31 N 28 28 E, some 180km West of Alexandria by road.

Refs: 1:250,000 Egypt and Cyrenaica Sheet 14 El Daba 1942 (MLRS reprint); Playfair/The Mediterranean & Middle East Vol I Early Successes Against Italy (Map 5 Western Desert of Egypt 1940); Jefford/RAF Squadrons and numerous other sources, contemporary and present-day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.79.23.76 (talk) 04:45, 21 August 2010 (UTC)