The British Trick That Made Hawker Typhoons Destroy German Bridges in Just Minutes

They called it a flaw. The RAF called it a plan. In the summer of 1944, Hawker Typhoon pilots discovered that missing a bridge on purpose was more deadly than hitting it — skipping rockets across the water to blow out the piers below, where no armour or flak gun could reach. Within minutes, crossings the Germans thought were safe from fighters were gone, and an entire army's retreat across the Seine turned into a trap. This is the story of the trick that turned a "weak" weapon into the most feared bridge-killer of the war. #HawkerTyphoon, #RoyalAirForce, #WWIIAviation, #WarbirdHistory, #MilitaryHistory, #D1944, #NormandyCampaign,