Monthly Archives: February 2012
Help for Heroes ride to follow Dams Raid route
On the night of 16/17 May 2012 the 69th anniversary of the Dams Raid will be marked by a fundraising motorcycle ride for the Help for Heroes charity. The four riders will follow as closely as possible the route flown by … Continue reading
Filed under Anniversaries, David Maltby
Les Knight’s mother at his grave – new picture
A Dutch correspondent, Hans Dekker, who lives in Den Ham, has kindly sent me some exciting rare photographs concerning Flt Lt Les Knight, the pilot of AJ-N on the Dams Raid, who was killed in a later operation on 16 … Continue reading
Filed under Dambuster Graves, Les Knight
Blink and you’ll miss it
My good friend Dom Howard kindly recorded Stephen Fry’s very brief reference to the Dambusters remake on The One Show on BBC1 last night. Receiving an award for “Most Consistent Attempt to Remake a Film” the great man revealed that he will … Continue reading
Filed under Dambusters remake, Peter Jackson, Stephen Fry
The wrong Dambusters
Patrick Bishop is a great author, and his books Bomber Boys and Fighter Boys are invaluable sources of reference for anyone wanting to find out more about life in the wartime RAF. But someone has taken their eyes off the … Continue reading
