Mosquitoes could take down just the walls of prisons.

I believe that happened once, and was a matter of luck.


Emphatically disagree on the "luck" part. That's like saying it was just luck
that sank the Arizona, not months of planning and practice.

The Jerico raid participants specifically targeted the German barracks
(hit/destroyed), the outer wall at two points (hit/destroyed), and put a couple
into the walls of the prison itself, exactly as planned, with the intention of
knocking doors off hinges.

A matter of luck? No sir - skill, daring, and professionalism under fire.

Mosquito crews were rather famous to the Germans for their ability to put bombs
into tight spots - at Aarhus University, students were in one wing of a
building, the Gestapo records office in another. It most certainly was not
luck that one was destroyed, the other undamaged. I could spend the rest of
the day providing such examples - what about the S/L that flew down the street
under the rooftops in Holland, depositing his bombs through the doorway of the
SS headquarters? Whether Jerico happened only once or not, it is an excellent
example of the ability of 105 and 109 Squadron's skill at precise bombing. You
dismiss the accomplishments of these men in a cavalier manner to make your
point and it was entirely unneccessary.

v/r
Gordon
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USN SAR

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