Whirlwinds at Work

The IWM archive includes evidence of many successful sorties, and we have posted a selection here -  https://www.whirlwindfp.org/galleries/item-id-68f74e3eb492a -including intercepts by pilots of 137 squadron in 1942..

and "Roadsteads" into Occupied France, including attacks on canal locks..

Trains..

Vehicles..

Airfields..

Factories..

..and shipping. This last is a still from Wing Commander Baker's attack on the Munsterland in October 1943, which will be the subject of our next blog, by Rob Bowater, Project Historian.