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Re: Mosquito's to Oberhausen 21-1-1944 ?
I show 8 Mosquitos from 105 Squadron detailed to bomb the Gutehoffnungshutte AG in Oberhausen. They took off from 19:21 to 20:10 and returned from 22:08 to 22:48. Four bombed the target successfully while the other four bombed targets of last resort in the Duisburg, Dusseldorf & Wesel areas.
Form B No.583 confirms that 105 Squadron was the only Squadron sent to this target which was shown in the Form B as GF2252, Zero hour was 21:00 and their task was precision bombing using Oboe. All aircraft carried 4 x 500 lb bombs.
The weather was clear over the target and the searchlights were very effective. Flak however was only moderate and inaccurate for height.
Dave Wallace
Last edited by Dave Wallace; 12th April 2013 at 19:45.
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