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By late August 1943, the German command faced mounting pressure to turn the tide in the Bay of Biscay.
From bases in occupied France, a group of Dornier Do 217 bombers prepared for their mission. Waiting silently in their bomb bays was the Henschel Hs 293 radio-guided glide bomb. With its sleek, aircraft-shaped silhouette and 10-foot wingspan, this 1,100-pound explosive was the Luftwaffe’s latest hope of changing the course of the war at sea.
As the squadron thundered into the sky, its target, the 1st Support Group, patrolled the waters below. HMS Egret cruised in formation. The low hum of approaching bombers grew into a powerful roar. The Allied sailors rushed to their posts, unaware they were about to face a weapon unlike anything seen before in naval warfare—one that could be steered through the air with surgical precision, leaving them with nowhere to hide…