These audacious aerial special operations by RAF Mosquitoes demonstrated that even airpower can rescue prisoners
without boots on the ground and exemplified the importance of unconventional thinking in the successful conduct of special operations.
Special operations forces are famously known today for a special task hostage and prisoner rescue. These missions usually entail the usage of special operators or boots on the ground to conduct these high-risk operations. Examples of these special operations include the Son Tay raid (1970), the raid on Entebbe airport (1976), and the Iranian Embassy siege (1980). Nonetheless, and uniquely innovative, the Royal Air Force (RAF) had also conducted special operations