Use of airpower by the Royal Air Force against the Mau Mau
Operation Mushroom
Part of Mau Mau Uprising
Date
1953-57
Location
Kenya
Result
British victory
Belligerents
British Empire
United Kingdom
Kenya
Mau Mau
Commanders and leaders
Winston Churchill (1953–1955) Anthony Eden (1955–1956) General George Erskine Evelyn Baring
Dedan Kimathi Musa Mwariama Waruhiu Itote
Units involved
Royal Air Force
Unknown
Casualties and losses
None from enemy action
900+ killed unknown number wounded
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Mau Mau rebellion
1952
Assassination of Waruhiu
Operation Jock Scott
1953
Ruck Family massacre
Lari massacre
Chuka massacre
Operation Mushroom
Christmas Eve Battle
1954
Operation Anvil
Swynnerton Plan
1956
Capture of Kimathi
1959
Hola massacre
Operation Mushroom was the use of airpower by the Royal Air Force against the Mau Mau Movement during the Mau Mau Uprising in British Kenya from 1953 to 1956.[1]
^"AIR POWER IN THE MAU MAU CONFLICT" by Stephen Chappel, Rus Journal Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine accessed 9 November 2013
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