The Attack on Kleykamp Villa by Ivan Berryman. NRG455DHM6644. The Attack on Kleykamp Villa by Ivan Berryman. Just before 15. 00 on 11th April 1944, six de Havilland Mosquito FB. VIs of 613 Sqn led by Wing Comander Robert Bateson successfully destroyed the Gestapo records office housed inside Kleykamp Villa in The Hague. Flying at rooftop height and using the tower of the famous Peace Palace as a sighting reference, the first wave of Mosquitoes dropped their high explosive bombs to 'open up' the
this graceful strike aircraft packed a lethal punch
Flight Lieutenant Tommy Coles DFC
those used for trials
supporting the Feldherrnhalle and SS Nordland divisions
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after receiving continual reinforcements attacked Howes position (the battle became known as Bemis Heights) and he was forced to retire to Saratoga
31 of her crew managed to get into the water before the submarine sank
The painting portrays a favourite haunt of Jaguar pilots: the west coast of Scotland near Torridon looking towards the Isle of Skye and Kyle of Lochalsh
He scored a further victory claiming a Farman aircraft in that April while flying with Flik 16
He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross
It was first proposed as a fast
bubble canopy