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Dambuster of the Day No. 76: William Howarth
Pic: Howarth family Sgt W Howarth Front gunner Lancaster serial number: ED921/G Call sign: AJ-W Second wave. Aircraft badly damaged by flak on outward flight. Returned to base with mine intact....
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Five Fly to London
Pic: Greg Pigeon Greg Pigeon, son of Percy, has kindly sent me some material from his late father’s collection. It includes this interesting press cutting from an unnamed Canadian newspaper, undated...
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Dambuster mothers identified
Thanks to Alex Bateman, I’m now able to list the mother of four of the Dams Raid aircrew who attended the Premiere of The Dam Busters and were presented to Princess Margaret. They appear in the Pathé...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 77: Harvey Weeks
Pic: Weeks/Douglas family Flt Sgt H A Weeks Rear gunner Lancaster serial number: ED921/G Call sign: AJ-W Second wave. Aircraft badly damaged by flak on outward flight. Returned to base with mine...
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Bill Kerr, 1922-2014
The number of actors left who played parts in the original 1955 film The Dam Busters has been sadly diminished over the last few years with the deaths of Richard Todd, George Baker and Richard Thorp....
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Don Cheney DFC, 1922-2014
Pic: Toronto Globe and Mail Pilot Don Cheney (bottom row, centre) with the crew of his Lancaster before their ill-fated 1944 mission to bomb Nazi submarine pens on the coast of occupied France. Top...
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Lancaster duo a double hit
Yesterday morning dawned bright and clear across most of Britain and Ireland, but apparently not in deepest darkest Lincolnshire. This must have caused great despondency amongst the planners at the...
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New Doug Webb pictures of Pamela Green and Just Jane
Yahya El-Droubie has kindly sent me some more pictures from the Douglas Webb collection. These were taken at Biggin Hill, probably in 1967, and show Lancaster NX611 sometime after it arrived back from...
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Goodbye and good luck
Pic: BBMF A little later this morning the Mynarski Lancaster, affectionately known as VeRA, will take off from RAF Coningsby and begin the long journey home to Hamilton, Ontario. Its stay in the UK is...
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One more thing
Pic: Phil Charlton A final reminder of what a pleasure it has been for the UK to host the Canadian “Mynarski” Lancaster over the last few weeks. Photographer Chas Stoddard somehow managed to secure an...
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Gibson last letter on show in Coventry
Copy of portrait of Gibson by William Rothenstein, with a personal inscription for Michael Gibson. Last Friday was the 70th anniversary of the death of Guy Gibson, killed on active service near...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 78: Vernon Byers
Pic: Fighting High Plt Off V W Byers Pilot Lancaster serial number: ED934/G Call sign: AJ-K Second wave. Shot down on outward flight and crashed into sea. Vernon William Byers was born in Star City,...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 79: Alastair Taylor
Pic: Taylor family/Aircrew Remembered Sgt A J Taylor Flight engineer Lancaster serial number: ED934/G Call sign: AJ-K Second wave. Shot down on outward flight and crashed into sea. Alastair James...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 80: James Warner
Pic: Warner family Flg Off J H Warner Navigator Lancaster serial number: ED934/G Call sign: AJ-K Second wave. Shot down on outward flight and crashed into sea. James Herbert Warner was born in 1914 in...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 81: John Wilkinson
Pic: Wilkinson family Sgt J Wilkinson Wireless operator Lancaster serial number: ED934/G Call sign: AJ-K Second wave. Shot down on outward flight and crashed into sea. John Wilkinson was born on 2 May...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 82: Neville Whitaker
Pic: Whitaker family Plt Off A N Whitaker Bomb aimer Lancaster serial number: ED934/G Call sign: AJ-K Second wave. Shot down on outward flight and crashed into sea. Arthur Neville Whitaker, known to...
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Dining with a Dambuster
Pics: Edwina Towson On Remembrance Day, Tuesday 11 November, Sqn Ldr George “Johnny” Johnson was the guest of honour at a Lord’s Taverners charity event at Langan’s Brasserie in London. Dambusters...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 83: Charles Jarvie
Charles Jarvie, on right, photographed with his crewmate John Wilkinson, wireless operator in AJ-K on the Dams Raid. Photograph probably taken between February and May 1943. [Pic: Wilkinson family]...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 84: James McDowell
Pic: Bomber Command Museum of Canada Flt Sgt James McDowell Rear gunner Lancaster serial number: ED934/G Call sign: AJ-K Second wave. Shot down on outward flight and crashed into sea. James McDowell...
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Dambuster of the Day No. 85: Geoffrey Rice
Plt Off G Rice Pilot Lancaster serial number: ED936/G Call sign: AJ-H Second wave. Aircraft badly damaged and mine lost, flying low over sea on outward flight. Returned to base. Geoffrey Rice was born...
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