Great Raids of World War II
Prison Busters
Season 1 Episode 2 of 6
Major Gordon Corrigan recounts the story of an audacious Allied bombing raid in 1944 in which 15 planes were sent on a mission to destroy a German prison in Amiens, allowing incarcerated French resistance fighters to make their escape. He also examines the aircraft used in the mission - the Mosquito bomber, a light, two-seater plane made of wood, designed to be able to outrun enemy fighters and deliver its payload on target at close range
Great Raids of World War II airs on That's TV at 1:55 PM, Tuesday 21 January.
Topics
News ➝ Current Affairs
Documentary
Anna Beattie
Executive Producer
Philip Nugus
Executive Producer
Scott Tankard
Producer
Jonathan Martin
Director