Britische Flugzeuge greifen deutsche Schiffe im Nordgulenfjord, Norwegen, an. 5. Dezember 1944

Amazing footage

https://wm.awm.gov.au/watch/norways-skies

>On 5 December 1944, Coastal Command launched a combined mission to Nordgulen Fjord in Nazi occupied Norway. Thirty-four aircraft of the Banff Strike Wing, along with the crew of the Royal Air Force Film Unit, took off from Scotland at 11.50, arriving over the towering mountains of the fjord in just under two hours. They would navigate treacherous conditions and weather enemy fire to sink four German merchant vessels. The steep terrain of the fjords was always a severe challenge. According to the original film dope sheet, “the aircraft dived from a height of 5,000 ft to mast height at an angle of 45 degrees at a speed of over 300 miles an hour.“

>Mosquito de Havilland DH 98’s of Squadrons 248, 143 and 235 are seen in the film, weaving through the steep snow-capped mountains of Norway’s fjords to attack four German merchant vessels: the Ostland, Tucuman, Magdalena and Helene Russ. Known as the ‘wooden wonder’, Mosquitoes were extremely lightweight wooden aircraft, well suited to anti-shipping raids. Special models of the Mosquito, known as Tsetses, were used by 248 Squadron, equipped with a 57mm machine-gun.

To me, still one of the wildest pieces of combat footage I’ve ever seen on such a scale.

This is incredible footage the scale of it reminds me of something out of Star Wars

I haven’t seen this one in quite awhile since back in the 70s