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Dambuster of the Day No. 53: Albert Garshowitz
[Pic: Garshowitz family] Wt Off A A Garshowitz Wireless operator Lancaster serial number: ED864/G Call sign: AJ-B First wave. Crashed on outward flight. Abram Garshowitz, known to his friends as...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 54: Donald Hopkinson
[Pic: Hopkinson family] Flg Off D Hopkinson Bomb aimer Lancaster serial number: ED864/G Call sign: AJ-B First wave. Crashed on outward flight. Donald Hopkinson was born on 19 September 1920, in...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 55: Francis Garbas
Frank Garbas (left) and Albert Garshowitz (right) photographed at Scampton while serving in 57 Squadron. [Pic: Bomber Command Museum of Canada] Sgt F A Garbas Front gunner Lancaster serial number:...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 56: Richard Bolitho
Richard Bolitho on left, with two other air gunners, Sgt Adams (centre) and Sgt Julian Bracegirdle (right). Photograph probably taken while at Air Gunnery School, summer of 1942. [Pic: Bate family]...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 57: Leslie Knight
Pic: Australian War Memorial Plt Off L G Knight Pilot Lancaster serial number: ED912/G Call sign: AJ-N First wave. Third aircraft to attack Eder Dam. Mine dropped accurately causing final breach. Les...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 58: Raymond Grayston
Les Knight and his crew photographed at Scampton in the summer of 1943. Left to right: Harold Hobday (navigator), Edward Johnson (bomb aimer), Fred Sutherland (front gunner), Les Knight (pilot), Bob...
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Pic: James Barker, freedigitalphotos.net Although things are a little quiet right now, it’s been a great year for the Dambusters Blog – many thousands of new readers, and a record number of posts. The...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 59: Harold Hobday
A group of tired looking 617 Squadron officers gather outside their mess for an official photograph, the morning after the Dams Raid. Most had been drinking for a number of hours by this stage. Sidney...
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“Stand by to pull me out of the seat if I get hit!”
If you live in the UK and can receive Channel 5, you may like to know that it is showing The Dam Busters again this afternoon. TV screenings of the film usually lead to a spike of new visitors to this...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 60: Robert Kellow
[Pic: AWM] Flt Sgt R G T Kellow Wireless operator Lancaster serial number: ED912/G Call sign: AJ-N First wave. Third aircraft to attack Eder Dam. Mine dropped accurately causing final breach. Robert...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 61: Edward Johnson
L-R: Sidney Hobday, Les Knight and Edward (‘Johnny’) Johnson, outside Buckingham Palace in June 1943. [Pic:www.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl] Flg Off E C Johnson Bomb aimer Lancaster serial number:...
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New Forest to yield up Slam secrets
A Grand Slam being released by 617 Squadron’s Flg Off Phil Martin on 19 March 1945, in the successful attack on the Arnsberg Viaduct. [IWM CH 15375/Wikipedia] 617 Squadron’s reputation as the RAF’s...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 62: Frederick Sutherland
Fred Sutherland in 617 Squadron, July 1943 Sgt F E Sutherland Front gunner Lancaster serial number: ED912/G Call sign: AJ-N First wave. Third aircraft to attack Eder Dam. Mine dropped accurately...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 63: Henry O’Brien
Harry O’Brien in 617 Squadron, July 1943 Sgt H E O’Brien Rear gunner Lancaster serial number: ED912/G Call sign: AJ-N First wave. Third aircraft to attack Eder Dam. Mine dropped accurately causing...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 64: Norman Barlow
Flt Lt R N G Barlow DFC Pilot Lancaster serial number: ED927/G Call sign: AJ-E Second wave. Crashed on outward flight. Robert Norman George Barlow was born on 22 April 1911 in Carlton, a suburb of the...
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Two Lancasters on show in UK this summer as Canada sends plane
Lancaster fans in Britain are in for a treat this summer as the Canadian ‘Mynarski’ Lancaster heads over to the UK in August. The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario revealed today...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 65: Leslie Whillis
[Pic: P Humphries] Plt Off S L Whillis Flight engineer Lancaster serial number: ED927/G Call sign: AJ-E Second wave. Crashed on outward flight. Samuel Leslie Whillis was born in Newcastle on Tyne in...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 66: Philip Burgess
Flg Off P S Burgess Navigator Lancaster serial number: ED927/G Call sign: AJ-E Second wave. Crashed on outward flight. Philip Sidney Burgess was born in Portsmouth in August 1922. Both his parents...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 67: Charles Williams
Flg Off C R Williams DFC Wireless operator Lancaster serial number: ED927/G Call sign: AJ-E Second wave. Crashed on outward flight. Charles Rowland Williams was born on 19 March 1909 in Hughenden, a...
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Channel 4: Mission to confuse
Channel 4 programming bods have come up with what sounds a very confusing documentary, The Dambusters Great Escape –Secret History, to be aired tonight at 8pm UK time. Can’t imagine what the thinking...
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