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Old 25th Oct 2011, 17:18
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Amiens Prison Raid

Just caught up with the recent programme re the above and wondered what others think of the allegation that the RAF was suckered into the raid by SIS/SOE shenaningans. It was interesting that the documentary made no reference to the near civil war between 'our' resistance fighters and the French communists. It was also seemed that the breached external wall almost seemed to have had a rather neat hole in it not the devastation one might expect if a 500 pounder had blasted it apart. I would have expected to see a rather larger crater unless the bomb had gone through said wall without exploding. Do tell if anyone knows the 'truth'

Remarkable effort on the part of the Mossie crews and sad to see their efforts dragged into the mire. Thank the Lord the Danish raids were free of such political wrangling.
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