William Hill was serving as a Navigator in 83/150 Squadron after the war when he was called on to be part of the crews put together to fly the three working Lancasters used in making the 1955 film. With only three operational aircraft left, various subterfuges were used so that they looked like more, including painting different squadron call signs on each side.
William’s son Stephen has kindly sent me a cutting from an unknown newspaper published some 20 years later, which recalls the writer’s memories of the film shoot, and also the relevant pages from his father’s logbook.
Thanks so much for this detail. Fascinating and must go north up the coast from Southwold to see if I can spot the place where the Lancs left the sea
are they making the film dambuster
@ terry hale
If you mean the re-make, then no. Most of that, to my knowledge, is being filmed in NZ.