A Vickers Wellington GR.XII (serial JA412, 'S') of No. 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Coastal Command, operating from Hassani, near Athens (Greece), on its way to drop supplies including newspapers, leaflets and clothing to isolated Greek villages cut off by the enemy's demolition of bridges. This plane operated as part of a Mediterranean coastal organisation with a role much like the Coastal Command. The antenna of the plane's sea-search radar are visible.