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The Dams Raid (Operation Chastise) and after

Imposters!

Unmasked!

June 4, 2008dambustersLeave a comment

This gentleman isn’t the first person to have claimed he was somehow involved in the Dams Raid. (But at least he left Bomber Harris and the King out of the story.) 

Imposters!

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