First Mosquito Casualty

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"• Clouds and rain with poor visibility over the Channel lead to a light day of bombing [3-Oct-1940]. The Luftwaffe does not send over any formations of aircraft but instead there is a steady stream of reconnaissance flights and single bomber “nuisance” raids. Bombs are dropped on London, Worcester, Birmingham and Wellingborough. Anti-aircraft guns shoot down a Ju-88 which had just bombed the De Havilland aircraft factory at Hatfield, damaging the DH.98 (Mosquito) prototype, which has not yet flown.

 

 

The Ju-88 of KG 77 that is downed today