There are some WW2 actions that showed the highest degree of courage and inventiveness. (e.g. Dolittle raid, Dam Busters, Breaking Ultra, D Day landing, deceptions and logistics ,,,,,)
This is among the top ones in my mind
How’d they do it? No one told them they couldn’t ! (it was a different era).
Nowadays the EPA would have forced the mission to abort due to environmental concerns.