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Wartime Luftwaffe reconnaissance picture RAF Fiskerton seen top left of the image.
Fiskerton was only bombed once by the Luftwaffe on the 3 /4 March 1945 as part
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of the Luftwaffe’s Operation Gisela. It is believed 3 to 4 bombs were dropped on the
airfield. There were no casualties or damage to the airfield itself.
Nearly 200 German aircraft took part in this operation, tasked to destroy returning
English bombers as they circled their home airfields awaiting permission to land. 27
bombers were shot down with a further 9 damaged.
