DH. 82A Tiger Moth with bombs
British training aircraft 2 SV In the summer of 1940, a German invasion of Great Britain seemed almost inevitable. Under these conditions, the Ministry of Aviation developed an operation with the code name Banquet. Its purpose was to strengthen the RAF with training aircraft, which were to perform the role of light bombers. According to the plan, the DH.82A Tiger Moth aircraft were mounted with bomb racks, on which eight 20-pound light bombs were suspended. The planes were supposed to attack units of the Wehrmacht in the event of the landing of the latter on the coast of Great Britain. The pilots of these bombers were to be instructors or the most experienced students from flight training schools. About 1,500 sets of bomb racks were produced and successfully tested on these aircraft. There is also a well-known case of the combat use of DH. 82A Tiger Moth as a bomber in the Far East. During the defense of Singapore in February 1942, an aircraft from the Malaysian Volunteer Air Force (MVAF) bombed the advancing Japanese troops.
