Monthly Archives: October 2009
Professor John Ramsden, RIP
I was shocked and saddened by the news of the death of Professor John Ramsden, from cancer at the comparatively young age of 62. (Another obituary here.) Just the evening before I had read a chapter of his excellent book … Continue reading
Filed under Dam Busters 1955 film, Obituaries
The strange tale of how Johnny became George
This is a rare picture of one of the specially modified Lancasters (given the cumbersome name of ‘Type 464 Provisioning’) used on the Dams Raid. It was taken at RAF Scampton after the war, sometime in 1947. At this stage … Continue reading
Filed under Avro Lancaster, Operation Chastise, Operation Guzzle
Munro interviewed about Dambusters remake
The only surviving Dams Raid pilot Les Munro has reportedly come out of retirement to visit the studio in Wellington NZ where the Dambusters remake will be made and is chuffed that it is being produced by a New Zealander. Long … Continue reading
Filed under Dambusters remake, Les Munro, Peter Jackson, Uncategorized
Dambusters team keep tune, get SAS support
This blog’s official football team is of course The Mighty Imps, whose fans have now taken the sensible decision to keep The Dam Busters March as their theme tune, played when the teams run out onto the pitch. Lincoln City has … Continue reading
Filed under Mighty Imps, Uncategorized
