Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bomber Command Flying Officer A Whickham (left), a Mosquito pilot, and his navigator, Pilot Officer W Makin, pose for an official portrait in the imposing setting of the Air Council Room at the Air Ministry in Whitehall on 31 January 1943, the day after their participation on the first daylight raid on Berlin. Six Mosquitos from Nos 105 and 139 Squadrons bombed the German capital in two attacks, timed to disrupt broadcast speeches by Goebbels and Goring at rallies marking the tenth anniversary of Hitler's ascession to power.

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