So here's a shot of us approaching Tagrifet, looking through a window in the same Twin Otter featured in yesterday's post. Can't say I really know much about Tagrifet other than it was at one time occupied by the Italians when they ruled this part of libya before WWII. The fort is curious to me because of it's triangular shape. Sitting at one end of a low mesa, other photos I'll post in the future show the barbed wire defenses on the plateau which otherwise would have been the easiest attack route. I've not found any reference to any WWII action here though the fort is mentioned in a book on the Long Range Desert Group. Situated about 50 miles north of Zillah, in the WWII days this was on a major route from Zillah to the coast though now it's rarely traveled in comparison to the roads paved during the Ghadafi years. When I look at my photos from this period, and the faces of the Libyans I used to work with, I wonder what has become of them in the chaos of recent years.
Approaching Tagrifet, a fort in the Libyan Desert, in a DeHavilland Twin Otter.
