Operation Hydra (1943)

Quand

1943

Type

Opération militaire

Coordonnées

54.13° N, 13.82° E

Description

1943 Royal Air Force bombing operation during World War II

Royal Air Force bombing operation during World War II

Operation Hydra was an attack by RAF Bomber Command on a German scientific research centre at Peenemünde on the night of 17/18 August 1943. Group Captain John Searby, commanding officer of No. 83 Squadron RAF, commanded the operation, the first time that Bomber Command used a master bomber to direct the attack of the main force.

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