Newspaper cutting - Mosquito flies at 30,000 feet

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Title

Newspaper cutting - Mosquito flies at 30,000 feet

Description

Includes b/w photograph of a Mosquito being loaded with a 4000lb HC bomb. Notes that he Mark XVI Mosquito could fly above specially installed high level anti-aircraft guns in Berlin. Aircraft were part of night light striking force controlled by the Pathfinder Force. Aircraft has pressurised cockpit. Gives some examples of activity.

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One newspaper cutting

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NMackieNAJ210811-010002

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Citation

“Newspaper cutting - Mosquito flies at 30,000 feet,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 14, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/46060.