633 Squadron

633 Squadron by Frederick E. Smith, Bantam Books, 1973

25 editions in English alone, and an inspired a record-breaking Hollywood film. The action-packed story of heroism and sacrifice follows Squadron 633 on a crucial mission--a mission crucial to the success of D-Day. Their target is a Norwegian fjord, where the Germans are developing a top-secret weapon. Vesuvius - this was the mission on which the success of D-Day depended. The chosen squadron was no. 633, and their target was a fjord in Norway, where the Germans were known to be developing something so secret that not even the crews of the Mosquitoes which were to fly on the mission could be told about it. All they do know is that they will be flying in low, between the steep mountain walls, without fighter support. Most of them will be flying one way only.

British author, best known for his 1956 novel 633 Squadron about a Second World War RAF Mosquito squadron undertaking a seemingly impossible mission to bomb a well-protected German factory at the head of a Norwegian fjord.

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