This is a gripping account of the ill-fated RAF raid, on 3 May 1944, on the Panzer tank depot and military barracks at Mailly-le-Camp south of Rheims in northern France, part of the softening up process on German military targets, in preparation for the D-Day landings. Raids like this over occupied France were considered relatively low risk affairs and only counted for one third of a mission for the crews concerned.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• 1 Target Mailly-le-Camp
• 2 The Squadrons
• 3 The Plan
• 4 Airborne
• 5 On Target
• 6 Night Fighters’ Picnic
• 7 The Final Moments
• 8 Patriots and Friends
• 9 Jack Crighton’s Story
• 10 The Analysis
• Epilogue
• Glossary
• Appendix of RAF Losses
• Bibliography
• Plates