Today marks the 80th anniversary of arguably the most famous action of the Second World War. Officially known as Operation Chastise but more commonly known as the Dambusters Raid, 133 airmen and 19 ...
THE HISTORIC headquarters of the Dambusters is set to be turned into a refugee detention centre, we can reveal. RAF Scampton was home to 617 Squadron during the Second World War. Please provide a ...
Seven RAF personnel are to set off on a 300-mile (480km) bike ride to honour a Dambusters crew who were shot down moments before reaching safety. The Avro Lancaster, flown by Sqn Ldr Henry Melvin ...
Squadron Leader Johnny Johnson, who has died aged 101, was the last survivor to fly on the Dambusters raid, which attacked the Ruhr Dams in May 1943. Johnson was the bomb-aimer in the crew of American ...