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Aviation History
1944
1944 - 1848.PDF
FLIGHT whole night. Flying Control decides which runway will be used and the compass bearing of that runway. Later the individual crews are briefed. Pilots and navigators assemble in the squadron crewroom, and the squadron commander reads out the names of the crews and chalks on the board their take-off time and time over the target. Next, the actual routes of the patrols are given and also the heights and routes by which the Mosquitoes fly to and return from the target areas. The Air Liaison Officer then gives-a general picture of the progress of the battle, with special stress on the effect of the patrols which are just going to be flown. On the night I was there the crews were given the railways in the Lille, Cambrai, Montdidier, Amiens area to watch for trains taking supplies to the battle area and taking flying bombs to the launching sites. Many of the crews reported a blank, but a train, believed to be carrying flying bombs, was attacked and destroyed. Even the negative reconnaissance is useful because it fre- 19^ A low-level attack with cannon, machine-guns and bombs on a train. This photograph, taken through the bullet-proof windscreen, gives the navigator's view of the attack.
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