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617 squadron raf

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  1. bydand31
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    617 Sq Dams Raid AJ-O O for Orange, Enepper dam

    Now, many moons ago, I read a Dams raid book which included many personnel stories of the people involved in and on the raid. Both ground and air...
    Thread by: bydand31, Jun 2, 2025, 6 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  2. Stevem2567
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    103028 Squadron Leader DRC ( Drew) Wyness

    103028 Sqdn Ldr Drew Wyness I am researching the above airman and have managed to determine the following. 1942 50 Squadron RAF 29 Missions as...
    Thread by: Stevem2567, Apr 25, 2025, 5 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  3. AJ-H Lancaster bomber
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    Thomas William Maynard.

    Hello, This is the first time using this, my great great uncle was Thomas William Maynard during ww2 he was a front gunner in the dam-busters. I...
    Thread by: AJ-H Lancaster bomber, Mar 22, 2025, 8 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  4. Val P
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    RAF Transport Command / 617 Squadron query

    I'm doing some research about a friend's father and trying to work out who he was with and where - roughly (until the family send off for his...
    Thread by: Val P, May 30, 2024, 12 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  5. dbf
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    42505 Major-General Sir Miles William Arthur Peel GRAHAM, KBE, CB, MC, MiD***, DL, Life Guards

    Personal Number: 42505 Rank: Major-General Name: Sir Miles William Arthur Peel GRAHAM, KBE, CB, MC, MiD*** Unit: Life Guards London Gazette : 23...
    Thread by: dbf, Jan 2, 2022, 9 replies, in forum: Higher Formations
  6. 4jonboy
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    Dambuster Johnny Johnson dies aged 101

    BBC news Dambuster George 'Johnny' Johnson celebrates 100th birthday
    Thread by: 4jonboy, Nov 25, 2021, 13 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  7. Markyboy
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    Benny Goodman DFC 617 sq RIP

    The last of the wartime 617 pilots has died aged 100. The usual tabloid obits are in abundance. One claims only Johnny Johnson is now left, but I...
    Thread by: Markyboy, Jul 19, 2021, 1 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  8. arantxa1967
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    Dambusters Photo

    a lady brought into my studio an original fantastic quality Panoramic photo taken at Scampton of whole sqn a couple of days before the Damn raids...
    Thread by: arantxa1967, Jun 21, 2021, 5 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  9. harri109
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    617 Squadron “Dambuster” Relics ED925 AJ-M

    Hello
    Thread by: harri109, Dec 27, 2020, 3 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  10. temptage
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    Who is this mystery Dambusters crew member?

    Can anyone put a name to the man shown on the left on this decorative plate alongside GG and BW? I have seen it on the E of the Bay, and am...
    Thread by: temptage, Jul 22, 2020, 5 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  11. dbf
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    Kenneth Law Sumner, DFM, RAFVR dies aged 96

    One of the North East's last 'Dam Busters' World War Two heroes dies of Covid-19 aged 96 One of the last Dam Busters dies of Covid-19 aged 96 A...
    Thread by: dbf, Apr 6, 2020, 0 replies, in forum: Veteran Accounts
  12. CL1
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    J/16872 P/O Floyd Alvin WILE, 617 (RAF) Sqdn, Royal Canadian Air Force: 17/05/1943

    Remembering Today Casualty Pilot Officer (Navigator) WILE, FLOYD ALVIN Service Number J/16872 Died 17/05/1943 Aged 24 617 (R.A.F.) Sqdn., Royal...
    Thread by: CL1, May 17, 2018, 1 replies, in forum: Canadian
  13. The Cooler King
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    75th Anniversary of the Dambusters Raid and a very Special Visit

    Last month I spent some time in Germany visiting the great Dams and many of the graves of the aircrew killed during Operation Chastise. Of the...
    Thread by: The Cooler King, May 16, 2018, 51 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  14. robin bird
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    ref Dambusters

    Do any photographs of Wellington BJ895 exist other than in period trials of the bouncing bomb and subsequent film The Dambusters?
    Thread by: robin bird, May 13, 2018, 2 replies, in forum: General
  15. Little Friend
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    Eric Coates - Dambusters Music - Blue Plaque - Baker Street - London.

    [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] It's the plaque on the right side (Looking at it) next to the Telemark plaque. Forgot to mention that ! The Dam Busters March...
    Thread by: Little Friend, Jan 15, 2018, 0 replies, in forum: War Cemeteries & War Memorial Research
  16. rosstcorbett
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    Bomber Command Base, IBCC Memorial and the Dambusters Bar (Video)

    Hi everybody, Monday greetings! I recently spent a weekend in 'Bomber County' Lincolnshire where we visited the abandoned buildings of RAF...
    Thread by: rosstcorbett, Aug 15, 2016, 0 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  17. spidge
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    Operation Chastise Dambusters 73rd Anniversary

    Dambusters Raid 16th/17th of May 1943. Today is the 73rd Anniversary of this historic raid with pilots and aircrew from Britain, New Zealand,...
    Thread by: spidge, May 16, 2016, 4 replies, in forum: All Anniversaries
  18. spidge
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    Does anybody live near the village of Aller in Somerset?

    Looking for the grave of Geoffrey Rice who was Captain/Pilot of one of the Dambuster crews. (AJ-H - ED936/G H for Harry) He was the only...
    Thread by: spidge, Dec 1, 2015, 9 replies, in forum: War Grave Photographs
  19. spidge
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    19 Dambuster crew photos and death details of 132/133

    ALL SLIDES NOW ADDED I have put together a photo of all 19 crews on the Dambusters Raid which shows the deaths on the raid (53), those who died...
    Thread by: spidge, Nov 2, 2015, 47 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  20. spidge
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    Australians on the Dam's Raid killed before the end of the war.

    407380 Pilot Officer Frederick Michael Spafford DFC DFM from Guy Gibson's crew.................In the photo with Guy Gibson are four of his Dams...
    Thread by: spidge, Sep 27, 2015, 0 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
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