 During the Second World War, Hal Far airfield was one of the main targets for the Luftwaffe and the Regia Aeronautica and suffered several bombings during the blitz.On July and August 1940 in the beginning of the Siege of Malta, the Italian air-raids managed to damage several squadron aircraft.As the raids intensified during 1942 more damage was inflicted on the airfield and the squadrons, present on the airfield.