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[[Image: 521568_1020_A.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none | <i> The Dam Busters </i> Movie poster.]] | [[Image: 521568_1020_A.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none | <i> The Dam Busters </i> Movie poster.]] | ||
<b> Movie (1954)</b><br> | <b> Movie (1954)</b><br> | ||
| − | + | Alternative English title :<b> The Dambusters</b><br> | |
| + | French title :<b> Les Briseurs de barrages</b><br> | ||
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== [[:Category: Avro Lancaster|Avro Lancaster B VII]] == | == [[:Category: Avro Lancaster|Avro Lancaster B VII]] == | ||
| − | The genuine “Dam Buster” Lancaster were | + | The genuine “Dam Buster” Lancaster were Type 464 (Provisioning) Mk.III though. |
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2012-06-10-15h32m29s86.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Avro Lancaster B VII of the RAF.]] | [[Image: Vlcsnap-2012-06-10-15h32m29s86.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Avro Lancaster B VII of the RAF.]] | ||
[[Image: Vlcsnap-2012-06-10-15h19m10s28.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Avro Lancaster B VII of the RAF.]] | [[Image: Vlcsnap-2012-06-10-15h19m10s28.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Avro Lancaster B VII of the RAF.]] | ||
[[Image: I508276.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Avro Lancaster B VII of the RAF.]] | [[Image: I508276.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Avro Lancaster B VII of the RAF.]] | ||
| − | [[Image: I508280.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Avro Lancaster B VII of the RAF.]] | + | Wg Cdr Guy Gibson was at the controls of ED932 (AJ-G) during the raid of 16-17 May 1943. In fact, this aircraft was acted by Avro Lancaster B VII NX679. |
| + | [[Image: DB-ED932.jpg|thumb|500px|none| NX679 Avro Lancaster B VII of the RAF acting as ED932.]] | ||
| + | [[Image: I508280.jpg|thumb|500px|none| NX673 Avro Lancaster B VII of the RAF.]] | ||
| + | Others serial acting are NX782 and RT686. | ||
== [[:Category: Avro Lancaster|Avro Lancaster B VII]] & [[:Category: Airspeed Oxford | Airspeed AS.10 Oxford]] == | == [[:Category: Avro Lancaster|Avro Lancaster B VII]] & [[:Category: Airspeed Oxford | Airspeed AS.10 Oxford]] == | ||
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[[Image:DB Mosquito1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|De Havilland Mosquito Mk.35 (VR803).]] | [[Image:DB Mosquito1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|De Havilland Mosquito Mk.35 (VR803).]] | ||
| + | == [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] == | ||
| + | Airfield flooded. | ||
| + | [[Image:DB-airfield.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
Revision as of 05:30, 17 June 2014
Movie (1954)
Alternative English title : The Dambusters
French title : Les Briseurs de barrages
Starring:
Michael Redgrave (Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.)
Ursula Jeans (Mrs. Wallis)
Charles Carson (Doctor)
Stanley Van Beers (Sir David Pye, C.B., F.R.S.)
Colin Tapley (Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.)
Frederick Leister (Committee Member)
True story of how the British attacked German dams in WW2 by using an ingenious technique to drop bombs where they would be most effective.
Avro Lancaster B VII
The genuine “Dam Buster” Lancaster were Type 464 (Provisioning) Mk.III though.
Wg Cdr Guy Gibson was at the controls of ED932 (AJ-G) during the raid of 16-17 May 1943. In fact, this aircraft was acted by Avro Lancaster B VII NX679.
Others serial acting are NX782 and RT686.
Avro Lancaster B VII & Airspeed AS.10 Oxford
Vickers 619 Wellington T Mk.X
Postwar conversions of the Wellington Bomber into training aircraft by Boulton Paul for navigation training. The front turret was removed and replaced by a fairing and the interior re-equipped.
de Havilland DH98 Mosquito Mk.35
Unidentified Aircraft
Airfield flooded.
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