Kieran Turner's photos

This Consolidated B-24 Liberator, "Lady be good", lost its way whilst returning from its crew's first combat mission, from Libya to Italy, during the second world war (in 1943). It ended up 400 miles inland in the Libyan desert. When discovered in 1958, she was in remarkable preserved condition. The radio worked and the guns fired. Despite being so remote, she began to be looted, so has now been moved to a tourist police compound in Tobruk. Some of the copper and brass remains incredibly shiny and apart from the obvious crash damage, many of her panels are in restorable condition! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Be_Good_%28aircraft%29

Mousa was a local tourist policeman who was incredibly welcoming and friendly to us. Here he's showing us around some of the second world war battlefields around Tobruk, and helping us navigate the archaeology (and live ammunition!)

Josh's grandfather fought near here, around Tobruk. Every shell casing, ammunition box, and tin of bully beef we found was extra poignant for him, because it could be similar to ones his grandfather would have handled.

The cave formed around the roots of this unusually large fig tree formed a casualty station for Australian troops in the battles around Tobruk in the second world war.

The cave formed around the roots of this unusually large fig tree formed a casualty station for Australian troops in the battles around Tobruk in the second world war.

The cave formed around the roots of this unusually large fig tree formed a casualty station for Australian troops in the battles around Tobruk in the second world war.

British bunker near Tobruk.

British bunker near Tobruk. My grandfather, too, would have travelled from Scotland to South Africa in the second world war — in his case because his Royal Air Force training continued in the latter country.

British bunker near Tobruk.

British bunker near Tobruk.