Operation Squabble

Operation Squabble

Operation Squabble was a World War 2 morale-boosting mission. A single Beaufort fighter plane sneaked into occupied Paris at treetop height, dropped a French flag on the Arc de Triomphe, flew down the Champs-Élysées, then strafed the German High Command before returning home unscathed.

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