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    This was a sad loss of life on the early trials of the bouncing bomb in Scotland at a remote location to keep it secret where the Mosquito crew release the bomb at very low level and the weight loss on the undercarriage sent the aircraft up and over on itself with no height to recover.
    Brave men indeed, other footage after the first crash too.

    MOSQUITO CRASH DURING BOUNCING BOMB TRIALS OFF COUL POINT ISLAY Allocated Title (ADM 2542)

    Recently at a charity auction evening of the viewing of "Theirs is the Glory" at the WW2 cinema just as it was in WW2 at IWM Duxford, I had the pleasure of sitting in Douglas Baders cinema seat by the door, when he used to brief the lads before Ops.
    Last edited by Gil Boyd; 06-09-2016 at 06:09 AM.
    'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA

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