"Krztalizer" wrote in message
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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.


Absolutely, German light flak was deadly and at those altitudes
your chances of survival if badly hit were low. The loss rates on this sort
of mission
could be very high. Of the 18 aircraft used in Jericho 2 were shot
down and 3 more badly damaged.

In the raid on the Gestapo HQ in Copenhagen 3 out of 10 aircraft were
shot down, another was so badly damaged it crashed on landing
and was written off and another limped back on one engine.

Keith