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17/05/2008, 9:27 raindog Joined on 26/09/2007 HERAULT Posts 761 Re: Dambusters Just posted this on 2 other sites. Great video of the Lancaster flypast to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the dambuster's mission. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7404554.stm Film from inside the cockpit with superb views of my beloved Derbyshire countryside. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7405514.stm Powered by the most magnificent internal combustion engine ever made, the V12 Rolls Royce Merlin, which was built in Derby, not far from where this was filmed. Brings a lump to me throat so it does. sociability is just a big smile and a big smile is nothing but teeth    Report

19/05/2008, 18:42 trees 2 Joined on 28/04/2008 Posts 65 Re: Dambusters My dad would have loved to have seen it, he was ground crew for 83 Squadron, (Pathfinders) during the war, and occasionally flew in Lancs to try and trace, then rectify strange electrical faults, that would only happen when flying. He was based at Scampton and Wyton, and knew Guy Gibson. He HATED flying though, the aircrew alweays laughed at him as it made him physically sick. He died at the end of 2006 aged 92, STILL talking endlessly about the war. To bring home what the lads did for us, think of the inscription on one of the war graves in Scampton churchyard. Sergeant Pilot Frederick Norman Colin CATLEY. It reads: "He flew into the night. We, who remain, await the dawn". He was 21.    Report

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