Battle of Nicosia Airport
At 22:35 pm the 15 Noratlas planes took off from Souda Air Force base however due to technical reasons and navigational reasons (Officially though, in an interview with Skai TV, Commander George Papameletiou doubted those claims), only 13 of the 15 made it to Nicosia Airport, the other 2 having landed in either Crete or Rhodes.