cwj@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Chris Johnson) (02/12/90)
From: cwj@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Chris Johnson) GSINCLAIR@VAXC.CC.MONASH.EDU.AU (Geoff Sinclair) writes: >Low level attacks became a specialty of some Mosquito squadrons. In the end >they became quite good at such strikes as bombing Gestapo occupied buildings, >even bouncing the bombs off the roadway in front of the building and through >the front wall. That way collateral damage was minimised. A fortnight ago I visited the Imperial War Museum in London (UK). It has a display of some the models of parts of towns around the target buildings, which were used for briefing pilots for these low-level raids. The description of the results show some incredible accuracy! (and a few unfortunate misses) Chris Johnson (usually at Australian National University currently visiting Southampton UK)