{"id":1590265,"date":"2022-08-13T13:35:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T11:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/?p=1590265"},"modified":"2024-07-03T11:22:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T09:22:10","slug":"night-hurricanes-in-the-sun-of-dieppe-70054","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2022\/08\/13\/night-hurricanes-in-the-sun-of-dieppe-70054\/","title":{"rendered":"Night Hurricanes in the sun of Dieppe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note: <\/strong>One of the most active Hurricane-equipped squadrons, operating on August 19, 1942, over Dieppe, was the No. 87 RAF Squadron, usually serving at night, performing classic fighter and intruder operations. Though its pilots had no ground-attack training, their cannon-armed planes were well suited to the air-support missions. To make the night-black planes fit the operating conditions during the day, they only had to be repainted. Grzegorz Cieliszak describes this in his next richly illustrated article.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Three sorties a day \u2013 No. 87 Squadron<\/h3>\n

In the Operation Jubilee 87 Squadron flew three sorties. Squadron task was to attack targets with cannon fire just after they were bombed by bombers, mostly Hurri-Bombers Mk IIb.<\/p>\n

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  • First sortie, after 7:35 AM. When Bostons from No. 88 Squadron bombed coastal battery\u201dRommel\u201d, W\/Cdr Smallwood (BE500\/LK-A) led a column of tree sections of four aeroplanes throught deadly Flak fire. Polish pilot F\/O Antoni Walto\u015b was killed, and P\/O Baker was shot down and landed safely with parachute.<\/li>\n
  • Second sortie after 10:15 AM, again lead by\u00a0 W\/Cdr Smallwood (BE500\/LK-A). Squadron entered combat just after Hurricane Mk IIb from No. 175 and No. 253 squadrons dropped their load. They fired at German positions on cliffs at \u201cRommel\u201d battery and all pilots returned safely.<\/li>\n
  • Third sortie after 1:25 PM, was planned with cooperation of the Hurricanes Mk IIb from No. 174 squadron. This time No. 87 squadron was lead by F\/Ltn Stuart Hordern (HL864\/LK-?). Smoke screen over Dieppe prevented combined attack and squadrons operated separately. Targets of opportunity were attacked with cannons including MG nest on the cliff and lorries at the rear of defensive positions. F\/Sgt R. Gibson was killed in action.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Hurribombery nad Dieppe<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n