Monthly Archives: April 2009
Local hero
Photo: Kevin Lancey This story has only a tangential connection to 617 Squadron, as it concerns an RAF Wireless Operator/Air Gunner who died some nine months before the Squadron was even formed. The picture above, probably taken in … Continue reading
Filed under 97 Squadron, Memorials
Scientifically speaking
Liz Kingsley is an Australian scientist and film critic who runs a lovely website And You Call Yourself a Scientist! This is mainly devoted to, in her words, “mad scientist’s views on other mad scientists. And mad doctors, monsters, murderers, psychopaths, … Continue reading
Filed under Dam Busters 1955 film, Oddities
Ted Wass
Sqn Ldr Ted Wass died recently, and had a generous obituary in The Times. He was known to many researchers and other people with an interest in 617 Squadron from his many years’ work as the squadron association secretary, where … Continue reading
Filed under Obituaries
History Channel documentary
The 2002 documentary, History Raiders: The Dambusters, made for the History Channel, can now be found in its entirety on Youtube. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 It’s interesting how the documentary makers use clips from … Continue reading
Filed under Modern documentaries
Happy birthday!
The man who, unwittingly, set me off on the track of writing a book about the Dambusters was the actor George Baker, whose birthday is today. In an interview on the BBC Radio Today programme in December 2005 he told … Continue reading
Filed under Dam Busters 1955 film, George Baker, Uncategorized
