Colin Bell joined the RAF aged just 19 and was part of 608 Squadron (Pathfinder Group) in Norfolk. He flew a Mosquito bomber ...

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He flew a Mosquito bomber and carried out 50 bombing raids over Germany, 13 of them over Berlin. He recalls one incident when a shell exploded under the aircraft, cutting power to both engines.