Dragon Soldier
One of the Regulars
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Anniversary Of The Dambusters Raid.
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Spitfire
I'll Lock Up
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Wow - thanks for sharing this.
Amazing flying!:eusa_clap
(And they even squezed in a Spitfire and a Hurricane in the end
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Amazing flying!:eusa_clap
(And they even squezed in a Spitfire and a Hurricane in the end
)
davidraphael
Practically Family
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There's also a very interesting story at the other end of the raid. I worked on screenplay a while back about a family living below the Möhne dam/reservoir just before it was attacked.
DJH
I'll Lock Up
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That was great to watch.
When I was a kid in the UK (born '56) Guy Gibson was a household name. I wonder if that is still the case?
Interestingly, the father of some friends of ours (here in the US) was in the US Air Force during the war and was somehow associated with 617 Squadron. He had told us stories of Gibson and Barnes Wallace - I'm sure he exaggerated, but still really cool.
Sad that of all the Lancasters that were build so very few are still around.
When I was a kid in the UK (born '56) Guy Gibson was a household name. I wonder if that is still the case?
Interestingly, the father of some friends of ours (here in the US) was in the US Air Force during the war and was somehow associated with 617 Squadron. He had told us stories of Gibson and Barnes Wallace - I'm sure he exaggerated, but still really cool.
Sad that of all the Lancasters that were build so very few are still around.
MisterCairo
I'll Lock Up
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The last Canadian survivor, and if I interpret the article correctly, the second last survivor overall, has died, aged 95.
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canad...ii-raid-dies-at-age-95/ar-BBSBPIv?ocid=ientp2
"Fifty-three of the 133 airmen were killed. At least 1,300 others on the ground died from the bombings and subsequent floods.
Sutherland, a front gunner, was honoured for his bravery in April 2018 with a portrait by renowned painter Dan Llywelyn Hall. It was donated to the Bomber Command Museum of Canada in Nanton.
The Dambusters raid was considered a critical morale booster on the homefront, heavily damaging Hitler's dams. But the legacy was complicated due to the civilian deaths, and the fact that the war continued.
That wasn't lost on Sutherland, who was only 20 years old at the time of the raid.
"If you think something's right, you're going to fight for it," he said at the portrait unveiling. "I don't know the answer, but I know I'd do it again, even knowing what it was like."
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canad...ii-raid-dies-at-age-95/ar-BBSBPIv?ocid=ientp2
"Fifty-three of the 133 airmen were killed. At least 1,300 others on the ground died from the bombings and subsequent floods.
Sutherland, a front gunner, was honoured for his bravery in April 2018 with a portrait by renowned painter Dan Llywelyn Hall. It was donated to the Bomber Command Museum of Canada in Nanton.
The Dambusters raid was considered a critical morale booster on the homefront, heavily damaging Hitler's dams. But the legacy was complicated due to the civilian deaths, and the fact that the war continued.
That wasn't lost on Sutherland, who was only 20 years old at the time of the raid.
"If you think something's right, you're going to fight for it," he said at the portrait unveiling. "I don't know the answer, but I know I'd do it again, even knowing what it was like."
