French Freedom Papers

Operation Squabble




 

 

At about 12:27pm on the 12th of June, Alfred “Kent” Gatward, an RAF pilot, along with his navigator Gilbert Fern, take a Bristol Beaufighter straight through the Champs-Élysées and drop a Tricolore at either end of the street as well as spraying le Ministère de la Marine with gunfire both instances they passed.
 


Sources
 

"Ten Minute Triumph Over Tyranny Vintage Wings of Canada." Ten Minute Triumph Over Tyranny Vintage Wings of Canada. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Nov. 2016.


"Ken Gatward." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 26 June 2016. Web. 05 Dec. 2016.

 

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