Flying skylight
Interior of the fuselage of Handley Page Halifax B Mark II, JP321 ‘V’, of No. 614 Squadron RAF, showing some of the many holes caused by splinters from an anti-aircraft rocket which hit the aircraft during an early pathfinding operation over central Europe.
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The aircraft was successfully flown back to the Squadron’s base at Celone, Italy, but was struck off charge as a result of the damage.
No. 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron is still around, with a lineage that goes back to 1937. However, they have been a non-flying unit since they retired their Vampires in 1957. Their current tasking is as a Joint Cyber Unit (Reserve) based at Northwood.