LONE RAIDERS

In an attempt to counter Bomber Command’s increasing attacks on Germany, the Luftwaffe looked at alternative means of striking Britain. Its response was a campaign by two highaltitude bomber crews, which lasted just over a month in 1942. Even so, the Junkers Ju 86Rs of the so-called Höhenkampfkommando Beauvais did a great deal of damage — until the RAF finally found a way of countering them Ju 86 ATTACKS A rendering of Junkers Ju 86R-1 Werknummer 5132/T5+PM from the Höhenkampfkommando