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I thoroughly enjoyed your most recent issue, especially the articles on WWII, including "The Best of WWII". I had only one minor quibble with that article, the comment that the DeHavilland Mosquito was used on many special missions, including the "Dambusters Raid". I think you meant to say that the Mosquito gained it’s fame from many special missions like the pinpoint bombing raid "Operation Jericho" in Amiens, France to free French Resistance fighters and the very low level bombing raid on Gestapo Headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark that destroyed their records and freed many other prisoners. The previously mentioned Avro Lancaster was the aircraft used in the Dambuster mission.

A Mosquito also holds the record for the most missions flown in World War II. F for Freddie from 418th New Zealand Squadron flew 218 sorties during the war, only to crash on VE Day at Calgary airport due to pilot error.

I look forward to every issue of your magazine as it combines my interest in military history and wargaming–a hobby my brothers and I started pursuing in the 1960’s and continue to this day. My sons have naturally taken up the hobby as well and two of them are now US Marines and enjoy your magazine as well.

Devin Croft
Littleton, CO

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Dear Mr. Croft,

First of all, thanks for taking the time to write!

I’ve done a little research of my own on this issue before confirming with our editors. The Mosquito was apparently used to mark the targets for the Dambusters Raids, although certainly was not the primary vehicle carrying the heavy ordnance for the raids themselves. I can see the text of the article is a bit ambiguous. Thank you for helping to clear this up for the rest of our readers!

Best regards,

Brian King
Website Editor
Armchair General Magazine

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