Monthly Archives: June 2008
Dambuster obituaries
I have been scouring the interwebnet for online material about the aircrew who took part in the Dams Raid for a project I will be unveiling shortly, but in the meantime, I thought I would share the fruits of part … Continue reading
Filed under Dams Raid crews, Obituaries, Operation Chastise
Bomb aimers remembered
As a child, I was always told that my uncle, David Maltby, had dropped the bomb that caused the breach of the Möhne Dam. This impression is certainly given in the Gibson and Brickhill books and in the 1955 film. In his … Continue reading
Filed under Dams Raid crews, Operation Chastise
Dams Raid Lancaster crash site on TV
This is not the crash site of one of the eight Lancasters lost on Operation Chastise (those have all been excavated years ago) but is where Lancaster AJ-T (ED825/G) crashed on the night of 10 December 1943 near Doullens in … Continue reading
History Channel documentary clips
These clips are from a History Channel documentary that would appear to have been made in 2003 for the 60th anniversary of the raid. I don’t think that it is available on DVD anywhere (please correct me if I’m wrong) … Continue reading
Filed under Dortmund Ems, Modern video clips
Two Peter Jacksons – there are only two Peter Jacksons…
Dambuster aficionados know full well that the scheduled remake of the 1955 film is in the (we hope safe) hands of Mr Peter Jackson, with the multi-talented Mr Stephen Fry providing the words. (Can he improve on the beautifully understated … Continue reading
Filed under Dam Busters 1955 film, Lincolnshire, Oddities
Calling all Hattons!
The Wakefield Express recently ran a piece about my book, but didn’t use some of the material I had given them about the family of the late Sgt William Hatton, flight engineer in aircraft AJ-J on the Dams Raid. For … Continue reading
Filed under Operation Chastise
Unmasked!
This gentleman isn’t the first person to have claimed he was somehow involved in the Dams Raid. (But at least he left Bomber Harris and the King out of the story.)
Filed under Imposters!
Great new publication
At a time when so much stuff about the Dams Raid is simply the recycling of old material (and often inaccurate old material at that) it’s great to be able to say that this new publication, Breaching the German Dams from … Continue reading
Filed under Operation Chastise, Publications
