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Was there an order to destroy aircraft force landed in enemy territory?

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18th May 2010, 00:22

Graham Boak Graham Boak is offline

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Re: Was there an order to destroy aircraft force landed in enemy territory?

The RAF had an explosive device attached to the magnetron valve in the H2S radars so that this advanced centimetric technology did not fall into German hands. The plan failed, one being recovered quite early from a crash near Rotterdam.

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