DERWENT: Dam Busters commemorated in picture gallery
BBC News joined forces with Dam Busters’ enthusiasts to put together the online gallery of the heroes this week during the 70th anniversary year of the Operation Chastise mission.
Following training in Derbyshire’s Derwent Valley, RAF bombers broke two large dams in the Ruhr Valley, Germany, on May 16, 1943, with bouncing bombs with the aim of flooding numerous factories.
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Hide AdDavid Robertson, chairman of the 617 Squadron Association, said it is a fitting commemoration of the men whose skill, courage, determination and airmanship has gone down in the annals of air warfare.
Hundreds lined Derwent Reservoir in May during a 70th anniversary Lancaster bomber flyover.