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AJ-E Memorial: unveiling details finalised
We are very pleased to announce that the details for the unveiling of the memorial to the Dams Raid crew of Lancaster AJ-E have now been finalised. Regular readers of this blog will know that a...
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AJ-E Memorial Stone update
In Germany, work is progressing fast to build the memorial to the Dams Raid crew of Lancaster AJ-E in time for its unveiling on 17 May. Here we can see the memorial stone being worked on in the...
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All set fair for memorial unveiling
Several hundred people are now expected to attend the unveiling of the memorial to the Dams Raid crew of Lancaster AJ-E, scheduled for 1100 local time on Sunday 17 May at Haldern, near Rees in...
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Act of Remembrance
The Reichswald Forest War Cemetery lies in a wooded area in north west Germany, near the town of Kleve and not far from a massive road bridge across the Rhine. It is the largest Commonwealth war...
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They died for your freedom: Woodhall Spa’s 617 Squadron war memorial
Pic: Wikimedia Commons The 617 Squadron war memorial is in on the main street of the little town of Woodhall Spa, on the corner of the road which leads to the site of the wartime RAF station which...
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Dambuster Crash Sites: a driver’s guide
Pic: Malcolm Peel Text and pictures by Malcolm Peel. On the evening of 16th May 1943, 133 aircrew in 19 Lancasters took off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire to attack the dams east of the Ruhr. Eight...
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Dambuster Crash Sites: revised driver’s guide
Revised version September 2022 Text and pictures by Malcolm Peel On the evening of 16th May 1943, 133 aircrew in 19 Lancasters took off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire to attack the German dams east...
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