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Old 21st January 2018, 04:13
Col Bruggy Col Bruggy is offline
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Re: Straffing on Fliegerhorst Agram and Pleso on 11. October 1944.

Hello,

Markojeras, please excuse the momentary diversion from your original question.

Larry, The 605 Sqn history offers no reasoning behind these ops, other than the enormous success they had with them. The 7 October 1944 op to Vienna is a case in point. 605 Sqn dispatched two aircraft*, firstly to Fischamend Markte, then later attacking Muenchendorf, destroying 9 aircraft and damaging 2 (there is a detailed breakdown of these claims). Fires were still burning at Fischamend airfield from an earlier attack by Italian-based bombers. The area was also covered by smoke.

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126815 F/L Arnold John CRAVEN/1801629 F/Sgt Leonard William WOODARD (FTR 31/10/1944)
61463 S/L Leonard William Henry WELCH DFC/521280 F/Sgt Leonard Robert PAGE DFM*

For Craven/Woodard, see: http://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/i...supplement/275

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Old 21st January 2018, 16:15
Larry deZeng Larry deZeng is offline
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Re: Straffing on Fliegerhorst Agram and Pleso on 11. October 1944.

Thanks for that, Colonel.

Mosquito intruder raids on enemy airfields are well documented in both Allied and German records, but I was unaware of any going this far afield, i.e., two stops for av petrol and a RON or two. That really signals an ulterior purpose for this mission. I guess it will remain one of the little unresolved mysteries of World War II.

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