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On 6th December 1942 the RAF mounted Operation Oyster, a daylight low level bombing raid on the Philips electronic company in Eindhoven, Holland, using among other aircraft De Havilland Mosquito B Mark IVs. It was hoped that this approach would minimize casualties amongst Dutch civilians. Wing Commander H I Edwards VC, was the Commanding Officer of No. 105 Squadron RAF and leader of the Mosquito force on the raid. It also provided the opportunity to build a well photographed publicity exercise around the whole raid. Only a small proportion of the aircraft on the raid were of this type, however.
See “Low level daylight attack on the Philips plant, Holland”, http://bit.ly/31Kt1DG , with many photos
Alan Malcher 
On 6th December 1942 the RAF mounted Operation Oyster, a daylight low level bombing raid on the Philips electronic company in Eindhoven, Holland, using among other aircraft De Havilland Mosquito B Mark IVs. It was hoped that this approach would minimize casualties amongst Dutch civilians. Wing Commander H I Edwards VC, was the Commanding Officer of No. 105 Squadron RAF and leader of the Mosquito force on the raid. It also provided the opportunity to build a well photographed publicity exercise around the whole raid. Only a small proportion of the aircraft on the raid were of this type, however.
See “Low level daylight attack on the Philips plant, Holland”, http://bit.ly/31Kt1DG , with many photos
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