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617 Squadron (dambusters) at Scampton, Lincolnshire, 22 July 1943 Flight Lieutenant H S Wilson's crew. Left to right: Flight Sergeant J H Payne, gunner Pilot Officer T W Johnson, engineer Sergeant W E Hornby S More

617 Squadron (dambusters) at Scampton, Lincolnshire, 22 July 1943 Flight Lieutenant Dave Shannon, pilot of ED929/`AJ-L' on the dams raid, with Flight Lieutenant R D Trevor-Roper, who flew as Gibson's rear gunne More

A No 617 Squadron Lancaster which crashed at Kegostrov in the USSR before the attack on the German battleship Tirpitz during Operation Paravane

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. An RAF officer inspects the hole left by a 22,000-lb deep-penetration 'Grand Slam' bomb which pierced the reinforced concrete roof of the German submarine pens at Farg More

Flight Lieutenant Joe McCarthy (fourth from left) and his crew of No. 617 Squadron (The Dambusters) at RAF Scampton, 22 July 1943. The crew of Lancaster ED285/`AJ-T' sitting on the grass, posed under stormy clo More

H.B. "Mick" Martin of 617 Squadron Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Interior of one of the E-boat pens at le Havre, showing the collapsed ferro-concrete roof, caused by 12,000-lb deep-penetration 'Tallboy' bombs dropped by No. 617 Squa More

"Nienburg RR Brigde" Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Wing Commander J B "Willy" Tait, Commanding Officer of No. 617 Squadron RAF, gives his account of the successful raid carried out on the German battleship TIRPITZ in T More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A 12,000-lb MC deep-penetration bomb (Bomber Command executive codeword 'Tallboy') is hoisted from the bomb dump to its carrier at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, to be lo More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Wing Commander J B Tait, Commanding Officer of No. 617 Squadron RAF (fifth from left), standing with his crew by the tail of their Avro Lancaster B Mark I (Special), E More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. King George VI, accompanied by Wing Commander Guy Gibson (right), talking to Pilot Officer L G Knight RAAF, during his visit to No. 617 Squadron RAF at Scampton, Linco More

Low-level oblique aerial photograph of the bomb-cratered German secret weapon site at Mimoyecques, near Marquise, France. The concrete slab covering the V3 guns which were intended to bombard London. The site w More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Low-level oblique aerial photograph of the bomb-cratered German secret weapon site at Mimoyecques, near Marquise, France. At upper centre is the concrete slab coverin More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Operation CHASTISE: the attack on the Moehne, Eder and Sorpe Dams by No. 617 Squadron RAF on the night of 16/17 May 1943. No. 617 Squadron practice dropping the 'Upke More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Operation CHASTISE: the attack on the Moehne, Eder and Sorpe Dams by No. 617 Squadron RAF on the night of 16/17 May 1943. No. 617 Squadron practice dropping the 'Upke More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Operation CHASTISE: the attack on the Moehne, Eder and Sorpe Dams by No. 617 Squadron RAF on the night of 16/17 May 1943. No. 617 Squadron practice dropping the 'Upke More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Operation CHASTISE: the attack on the Moehne, Eder and Sorpe Dams by No. 617 Squadron RAF on the night of 16/17 May 1943. No. 617 Squadron practice dropping the 'Upke More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Operation CHASTISE: the attack on the Moehne, Eder and Sorpe Dams by No. 617 Squadron RAF on the night of 16/17 May 1943. No. 617 Squadron practice dropping the 'Upke More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Operation CHASTISE: the attack on the Moehne, Eder and Sorpe Dams by No. 617 Squadron RAF on the night of 16/17 May 1943. No. 617 Squadron practice dropping the 'Upke More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Operation CHASTISE: the attack on the Moehne, Eder and Sorpe Dams by No. 617 Squadron RAF on the night of 16/17 May 1943. No. 617 Squadron practice dropping the 'Upke More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Operation CHASTISE: the attack on the Moehne, Eder and Sorpe Dams by No. 617 Squadron RAF on the night of 16/17 May 1943. No. 617 Squadron practice dropping the 'Upke More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Operation CHASTISE: the attack on the Moehne, Eder and Sorpe Dams by No. 617 Squadron RAF on the night of 16/17 May 1943. No. 617 Squadron practice dropping the 'Upke More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Operation CHASTISE: the attack on the Moehne, Eder and Sorpe Dams by No. 617 Squadron RAF on the night of 16/17 May 1943. No. 617 Squadron practice dropping the 'Upke More

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Operation CHASTISE: the attack on the Moehne, Eder and Sorpe Dams by No. 617 Squadron RAF on the night of 16/17 May 1943. No. 617 Squadron practice dropping the 'Upke More

Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC, Commanding Officer of No. 617 Squadron (The Dambusters) at Scampton, 22 July 1943. Wing Commander Guy Gibson sitting in a poppy field reading a book.

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Oblique aerial photograph of the V2 assembly and launch site in a quarry at Wizernes, France, from west-north-west. Taken from over the railway loop line, looking tow More

A 22,000-lb (10,000 kg) MC deep-penetration bomb (Bomber Command executive codeword 'Grand Slam') released from a Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster B Mark I (Special) (PB996 'YZ-C') of No. 617 Squadron RAF, flown More

A Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster B Mark I (Special) (PB996 'YZ-C') of No. 617 Squadron RAF, flown by Flying Officer P. Martin and crew, releasing a 22,000-lb (10,000 kg) MC deep-penetration bomb (Bomber Comman More

Still from film taken by the RAF Film Production Unit, showing an Avro Lancaster of No. 617 Squadron RAF flying over the target during a daylight raid on the railway viaduct at Schildesche, Bielefeld, Germany. More

A Royal Air Force oblique photographic-reconnaissance aerial of the twin railway viaducts at Schildesche, Bielefeld (Germany), following the successful daylight attack by 15 Avro Lancasters of No. 617 Squadron More

Flight Lieutenant Joe McCarthy (fourth from left) and his crew of No. 617 Squadron (The Dambusters) at RAF Scampton, 22 July 1943. The crew of Lancaster ED285/`AJ-T' sitting on the grass, posed under stormy cl More

Picture series: 617 Squadron (Dambusters) at Scampton, Lincolnshire, 22 July 1943. Object description: The crew of Lancaster ED285/'AJ-T' sitting on the grass, posed under stormy clouds. Left to right: Sergean More

A 22,000lb 'Grand Slam' falls away from an Avro Lancaster of No. 617 Squadron RAF during an attack on the viaduct at Arnsberg, Germany, 19 March 1945. A 22,000-lb MC deep-penetration bomb (Bomber Command execu More

An Avro Lancaster of No. 1 Group, Bomber Command, silhouetted against flares, smoke and explosions during the attack on Hamburg, Germany, by aircraft of Nos. 1, 5 and 8 Groups on the night of 30/31 January 194 More

Avro Lancaster B Mk I (Special) of No. 617 Squadron, loaded with a 'Grand Slam' 22,000-lb deep-penetration bomb, running up its engines at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, 1944. An Avro Lancaster B Mark 1 (Special) More

Flight Lieutenant John Howland Leavitt of Squadron 617, Royal Air Force, and the crew of his RAF Lancaster prior to Operation Catechism, the successful bombing run on the German battleship Tirpitz, November 12, 1944.

Operation Chastise (the Dambusters' Raid) 16 - 17 May 1943 Personalities: HM King George VI examining the Moehne Dam model with Air Vice Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane, Wing Commander Gibson and Group Captain Whit More

Joe McCarthy (left) with the King and W/C Guy Gibson.

A 12,000-lb (5,443 kg) MC bomb (Bomber Command executive codeword 'Tallboy') seen immediately after its release from Avro Lancaster B Mark I (JB139) of No. 617 Squadron RAF over the flying-bomb store at Watten, More

Operation CHASTISE: the attack on the Moehne, Eder and Sorpe Dams by No. 617 Squadron RAF on the night of 16/17 May 1943. A practice 10.000 lbs 'Upkeep' weapon attached to the bomb bay of Wing Commander Guy Gib More

Vertical photographic-reconnaissance aerial showing the German secret weapon (V3) site at Mimoyecques, near Marquise, France, after the daylight attack by aircraft of Bomber Command on 6 July 1944. Many crater More

Vertical photographic-reconnaissance aerial showing the German secret weapon (V3) site at Mimoyecques, near Marquise, France, after the daylight attack by aircraft of Bomber Command on 6 July 1944. Many crater More

Wing Commander Guy Gibson (in door of aircraft) and his crew board their Avro Lancaster bomber for No. 617 Squadron's raid on the Ruhr Dams, 16 May 1943. Personalities: Wing Commander Gibson and his crew board More