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My first squadron C/O planned the route for that raid.
Ted' Sismore DSO DFC AFC, one of the very best.
"On 31st January 1943, Mosquitos bombed Berlin for the first time. Timed to coincide with a speech by Hermann Goering, three Mosquitos from 105 Squadron, led by Squadron Leader R W Reynolds and Ted Sismore, attacked at exactly 11.00 hrs to disrupt the Reichmarshall's speech for over an hour. Ted later navigated the final large daylight raid by 105 Squadron in May 1943, when both men led the attack on the Zeiss Optical factory and the glassworks in Jena. Ted Sismore planned the route for the famous Amiens prison raid, and 'master-navigated' all three Gestapo raids in Denmark - Aarhaus, Shelhaus and Odensa.
Ted' Sismore DSO DFC AFC, one of the very best.
"On 31st January 1943, Mosquitos bombed Berlin for the first time. Timed to coincide with a speech by Hermann Goering, three Mosquitos from 105 Squadron, led by Squadron Leader R W Reynolds and Ted Sismore, attacked at exactly 11.00 hrs to disrupt the Reichmarshall's speech for over an hour. Ted later navigated the final large daylight raid by 105 Squadron in May 1943, when both men led the attack on the Zeiss Optical factory and the glassworks in Jena. Ted Sismore planned the route for the famous Amiens prison raid, and 'master-navigated' all three Gestapo raids in Denmark - Aarhaus, Shelhaus and Odensa.
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I know that it's not military but I recall reading about an airliner a few years back that lost all hydraulics. The pilots, through fine control of the engines, managed to divert and land - although there may have been problems with wind shear on the actual landing.
That always struck me as extraordinary self control in a crisis.
That always struck me as extraordinary self control in a crisis.
A great account of Mossie flying during the war...."Terror in the Starboard Seat". The writer has a sense of humour!
