I posted about this interesting (although misleadingly titled) documentary last year, when it was shown on British terrestrial TV. It shows the journey made by Sqn Ldr George (Johnny) Johnson, bomb aimer in Joe McCarthy’s AJ-T, to visit the site in Germany at which his Dambuster Lancaster crashed six months after the Dams Raid. Here it is on Youtube, in five parts.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Enjoy!
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Christine Wall // October 21, 2009 at 1:31 am |
Thanks for posting this connection. I was tipped off by a friend in Australia, together with whom, in my teens, I was awed by the dams raid as portrayed in the movie starring Richard Todd. I’ve often wondered whether the crash site of Guy Gibson’s aircraft, shot down in 1944 reportedly near Muenchen Gladbach, ( close to the Dutch border ?) has ever been located.
dambusters // October 21, 2009 at 8:47 am |
Gibson crashed near Steenbergen in Holland on 19 September, returning from a raid on Rheydt and Mönchengladbach. His remains, and those of his navigator, Sqn Ldr James Warwick, are buried in the local Catholic cemetery. See http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2766520