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with crews concentrating on long range,
low ying. In April 1942, 105 Sqn had 20
crews, just seven aircraft, and deliveries of
the de nitive Mk IV, the Series 2, began.
On the night of May 30/31, Bomber
Command unleashed its rst ‘1000 bomber’
raid on Cologne. As the main force was
returning, two Mosquito IVs of 105 Sqn
prepared for take-off for their operational
debut. At 0400hrs, Sqn Ldr Alan Oakshot
took off in W4072/GB-D, armed with two
250lb (113.5kg) and two 500lb bombsarriving over the burning city at 24,000ft
in daylight to deliver the rst of many
Mosquito ‘nuisance’ raids.
Plt Offs Bill Kennard and Eric Johnson
took off soon after in W4064, but
were hit by ak over the target
and crashed in the Netherlands.
In late morning, Plt Off Ed
Costello-Brown ying W4065/
GB-N and Flt Lt Jack Houlston
in W4071/GB-L, maintained
the pressure on theshattered city, dropping their bombs into
the smoke.
Finally, in late afternoon, Sqn Ldr Peter
Channer ew a low-level recce over the city
in W4069/GB-M, the rst such sortie.
The following day, more of 105’s
Mosquitos bombed Cologne, the
‘nuisance’ raid being something most
German cities were to experience
over the next three years.
In widely different roles, the
Mosquito had arrived.82 Aviation News Incorporating Jets March 2018No.105 Sqn ew the rst Mosquito IV bomber missions as ‘nuisance’
attacks on Cologne following the 1,000-bomber raid on May 31, 1942.
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