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Dambuster of the Day No. 18: Leonard Chambers
The five members of the crew of AJ-P who were awarded honours for the Dams Raid pose outside Buckingham Palace. L-R: Len Chambers, Bob Hay, Mick Martin, Tammy Simpson and Jack Leggo. [Pic: Australian...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 19: Robert Hay
Picture: Hay family Flt Lt R C Hay DFC Bomb aimer Lancaster serial number: ED909/G Call sign: AJ-P First wave. Third aircraft to attack Möhne Dam. Mine veered left after dropping and exploded at side...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 20: Bertie Foxlee
‘Toby’ Foxlee, in a photograph from the Australian War Memorial archives. The full caption reads: ‘London, England. 1944-05-31. “With the Australians in Britain”. Flying Officer (FO) B. T. Foxlee DFC...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 21: Thomas Simpson
Jack Leggo, Mick Martin, Tammy Simpson, Bob Hay and Toby Foxlee in London after being decorated at Buckingham Palace, June 1943. [Pic: Australian War Memorial] Flt Sgt T D Simpson Rear gunner...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 22: Melvin Young
Sqn Ldr H M Young DFC & Bar Pilot Lancaster serial number: ED887/G Call sign: AJ-A First wave. Fourth aircraft to attack Möhne Dam. Mine dropped accurately, causing small breach. Aircraft shot...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 23: David Horsfall
Sgt D T Horsfall Flight engineer Lancaster serial number: ED887/G Call sign: AJ-A First wave. Fourth aircraft to attack Möhne Dam. Mine dropped accurately, causing small breach. Aircraft shot down on...
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Flyover at Derwent goes ahead, but restricted access
The BBMF has at last announced that there will be a Lancaster flyover at Derwent Reservoir (the Ladybower Dam) on Thursday 16 May between 1300 and 1315. However, access will be severely restricted –...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 24: Charles Roberts
Flt Sgt C W Roberts Navigator Lancaster serial number: ED887/G Call sign: AJ-A First wave. Fourth aircraft to attack Möhne Dam. Mine dropped accurately, causing small breach. Aircraft shot down on...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 25: Lawrence Nichols
Sgt L W Nichols Wireless operator Lancaster serial number: ED887/G Call sign: AJ-A First wave. Fourth aircraft to attack Möhne Dam. Mine dropped accurately, causing small breach. Aircraft shot down on...
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David Maltby’s last flight: possible Mosquito collision
Sqn Ldr David Maltby and his Dams Raid crew, pictured in August 1943, at RAF Blida North Africa. Sadly, they were all killed over the North Sea a month later. Standing L-R: Victor Hill, Antony Stone,...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 26: Vincent MacCausland
Flg Off V S MacCausland Bomb aimer Lancaster serial number: ED887/G Call sign: AJ-A First wave. Fourth aircraft to attack Möhne Dam. Mine dropped accurately, causing small breach. Aircraft shot down...
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Telegraph story on AJ-E crash site plaque
Norman Barlow’s unexploded mine, photographed by the Germans soon after the raid. [Pic: IWM] In a nice follow up to a plea first publicised on this blog, the Sunday Telegraph has reported on the...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 27: Gordon Yeo
Poster for an exhibition about Gordon Yeo, mounted in his home town of Barry to mark the 70th anniversary of the Dams Raid Sgt G A Yeo Front gunner Lancaster serial number: ED887/G Call sign: AJ-A...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 28: Wilfred Ibbotson
Wilfred and Doris Ibbotson, on their wedding day. [Pic: Coxley News] Sgt W Ibbotson Rear gunner Lancaster serial number: ED887/G Call sign: AJ-A First wave. Fourth aircraft to attack Möhne Dam. Mine...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 29: David Maltby
David Maltby is presented to the King, Scampton, 27 May 1943. Note how his pocket bulges with smoking equipment. [Pic: IWM CH9929] Flt Lt D J H Maltby DFC Pilot Lancaster serial number: ED906/G Call...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 30: William Hatton
Sgt W Hatton Flight engineer Lancaster serial number: ED906/G Call sign: AJ-J First wave. Fifth aircraft to attack Möhne Dam. Mine dropped accurately, causing large breach. Aircraft returned safely....
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Right says Fred
Canada’s national broadcaster CBC has put up some great new pages on its website about the Dams Raid. It features an interview with Fred Sutherland, looking fit and well in his home in Alberta, and...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 31: Vivian Nicholson
Vivian Nicholson, on right, while training in the USA in about December 1941. [Pic: Nicholson family] Sgt V Nicholson Navigator Lancaster serial number: ED906/G Call sign: AJ-J First wave. Fifth...
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Dambusters 70th anniversary events (update 12 May)
Below is a list of most of the events planned for the 70th anniversary of the Dams Raid. Please note that there is an event planned on Friday 17 May at the Eder Dam in Germany, and any British people...
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