Photo Recce Mission 8 Oct 41

[Buckeye30]

Thanks Chris. Don't know whether you've seen this one. From same record.
3 Fortress Is from 90 Sqn. 24 July, aiming for the harbour (30-32,000'). AN530/F, AN523/D, AN529/C. Bombs are 1100 lb. Apparently decoys for Wellingtons and Hampdens.


brest-july24 by Nicholas King, on Flickr


Nick

[Chris Goss]

Most interesting as I covered Operation Sunrise in the book

[Andy Fletcher]

Originally Posted by Chris Goss

Quite an effort from Bomber Command and PRU over 11 months

1 PRU would often fly six sorties a day, three high, three low, to Brest to ensure they could obtain images of the ships for the Navy. From when the battlecruisers arrived at Brest in March 1941 until they vacated the port in February 1942 1 PRU flew over 700 sorties to monitor the ships activities.

[Chris Goss]

As I said in the book, massive effort for Coastal Command, Bomber Command and even Fighter Command from March 1941 to February 1942, the last bombing raid being the evening of 11 Feb 42 which delayed the sailing