Monthly Archives: July 2008
Bruce Hosie: any pictures out there?
I’ve recently been contacted by New Zealander John Saunders, the great-nephew of a 617 Squadron airman from later in the war, Flg Off Bruce Hosie RNZAF. Just to say how much I’ve enjoyed your recent book – ‘Breaking the Dams’ … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Unsung heroes
This article about the man, C H Wood, who supplied night-flying simulation equipment for the Dams Raid, made me think about the dozens of other people, besides Barnes Wallis’s staff and RAF groundcrew, who were involved in Operation Chastise. Roy … Continue reading
Filed under Operation Chastise, Roy Chadwick
Dambusters remake could be held over to 2011
According to a report from New Zealand, filming for Peter Jackson’s long awaited remake of the Dambusters is likely to begin ‘early next year’, i.e. 2009. This is a quote from a ‘spokesman’ for Jackson, which is in slight contradiction … Continue reading
Filed under Dambusters remake, Peter Jackson
Last of the Dambusters, not
I managed to see a recording of the Channel Five documentary ‘Last of the Dambusters’ the other night. (As I live in Ireland, I can’t get Channel Five, even though we get all the other British channels on our cable … Continue reading
