The Aarhus Air Raid

 RAF Mosquitos

Though the Amiens Prison raid   https://hereiamattheedge.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-dam-busters.html was nothing short of a failure, its successors the Aarhus Raid, and the Copenhagen air raid in Denmark were successes with hundreds of resistance files being destroyed, and the efficiency of the Gestapo being severely hindered.

A similar raid in Oslo failed to achieve its objectives, but these raids did prove that despite the fame, and glory of the fighter planes in The Battle of Britain, and the heavy bomber raids; other planes played a vital role in the war effort.

People forget the value of the De Haviland Mosquito because the pilots were not involved in daring duels, or flying to bomb the enemy; but, flying at low level and high speed takes its own brand of heroism.

There are many pilots who are forgotten, among them are the men who flew night patrols, Air and Sea Rescue, the young ladies who flew for the ATS to fly planes between stations, and most forgotten is the ground crew without whom many of the planes would have been deemed unflyable.