[Rummyfan]

(Reports from family friends who knew Guy Gibson all state that he was an extraordinarily difficult man, but they’d have followed him into Hell and back.) At the time he took over 617 Squadron, Gibson had already flown more than 140 missions. He was just 24 years old.

Back in the 80s I was at the Oktoberfest with a Brit friend of mine, and he asked the oompah band to play The Dambusters Song. They did!

[NWFree]

Those Lancasters with the rolls Royce were capable of so d massive loads

[jdt1138]

Chair Force; Killing civilians by the thousands. So proud.

[HandyDandy]

Watched the movie many times with my father and brothers.

[Rummyfan]

Wing Commander Guy Gibson flew his last mission sixteen months later, on September 19, 1944 when his de Havilland Mosquito crashed near Steenbergen, in the Netherlands. The circumstances leading up to the crash and the death of one of the most highly-decorated RAF pilots in history and his navigator, Squadron Leader James Warwick, are unclear. The since-constructed industrial district commemorates the event with a union jack marked out in colored bricks in center of the street known as Mosquitostraat. Near by are also Gibsonstraat and Warwickstraat.

[bitt]

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[SunkenCiv]

• Britain salutes the Dambusters: Aviation fans gather to see a WW2 Lancaster bomber in the skies over England as memorial flight tours country in tribute on 80th anniversary of 617 Squadron's legendary raids [05/16/2023]