WWII Prison Busters
Prison Busters
Season 1 Episode 2 of 6
Major Gordon Corrigan recounts the story of an audacious Allied bombing raid in 1944 in which 15 planes were sent on a mission to destroy a German prison in Amiens, allowing incarcerated French resistance fighters to make their escape. He also examines the aircraft used in the mission - the Mosquito bomber, a light, two-seater plane made of wood, designed to be able to outrun enemy fighters and deliver its payload on target at close range
WWII Prison Busters airs on That's TV at 5:30 PM, Thursday 26 June.
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Documentary
Anna Beattie
Executive Producer
Philip Nugus
Executive Producer
Scott Tankard
Producer
Jonathan Martin
Director