de Havilland Mosquito FB Mk IV, 109 Squadron

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de Havilland Mosquito FB Mk IV, 109 Squadron

Postby _Harpia_Mafra55_ on Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:54 pm

Hitorical skin of the de Havilland Mosquito FB Mk IV, 109 Squadron , 8 Group Pathfinders, RAF Wyton, 1942.
Based at Boscombe Down the Wireless Intelligence Development Unit was retitied as 109 squadron in December 1940.
In 1942 it was moved to 8 Group Pathfinders at Wyton and started trials on Oboe the new navigation aid for bombers.
Sorties for these Pathfinder Mosquito's started in December 1942 and on the 31st December the first raid acting as
sky markers for the main bombers took place.
On the 5th March 1943 109 Squadron. carried out ground marking as part of a large raid on Essen.
The Mosquito rapidly became a very important part of Group Captain Bennets famous force one of
the many vital roles this versatile aircraft performed.


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