CALLING OFF the BERLIN BOMBERS

Very soon after the armistice, it was revealed that the RAF — specifically, the Handley Page V/1500s of No 166 Squadron at Bircham Newton — had planned to bomb Berlin. Their failure to do so was put down to the aircraft not being ready, but other accounts tell a different story, as well as suggesting that an accident was covered up ARMISTICE 100 BERLIN RAID Members of No 166 Squadron and a newly delivered Handley Page V/1500 at their Bircham