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RAF Mosquito intruders which gained fame for their train busting exploits while operating
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RAF Mosquito intruders which gained fame for their train busting exploits while operating
RAF Mosquito intruders which gained fame for their train busting exploits while operating from Malta to Sicily, are now carrying on their work from bases in Italy.
On two consecutive nights these RAF Mosquitos of the Tactical Air Force successfully intruded over a wide area in Northern Italy, attacking communications targets from Milan across
to Venice and down the west coast down to Leghorn. A total of 19 trains were shot up during the two nights and several of the locomotives were damaged. Two of them were seen to explode.Other targets included searchlights, railway buildings, tracks, roads and enemy landing fields.
Picture shows: Arming a Mosquito for night operations. The armourers in this photograph are Leading Aircraftman E. Hurst of Cheadle, Cheshire, feeding the ammunition belt into one of the Browning guns. Leading Aircraftman T. Hamill of Port Glasgow, Scotland is cleaning the barrel of a cannon gun.
16th December 1943
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Reach plc
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Cheadle
Greater Manchester
England
Media ID 21902938
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