Dam Busters

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Richard Woods
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Re: Dam Busters

Tue May 08, 2012 3:13 am

Nice article. However these parts -

TOM WALSH wrote:In the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 18, 1943, nineteen modified Avro Lancaster Mk. III Bombers from Royal Air Force (RAF) 617 Squadron attacked the Moehne, Eder and Sorpe hydroelectric dams in Germany's Ruhr industrial valley.



TOM WALSH wrote:On the clear moonlit evening of Monday, May 17, 1943, McCarthy and his crew, anxious to go, climbed into their Lancaster "Q For Queenie" only to have the aircraft go unserviceable on the ramp.


The dates mentioned are a little wrong. 617 Sqn launched Operation Chastise on 16th May 1943.

Regards,

Rich
TOM WALSH
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Re: Dam Busters

Tue May 08, 2012 9:01 am

Rich,

Nice catch, thank you.

I have amended the dates in the article to reflect that "Big Joe" took off at 2202 hours on Sunday May 16, 1943, and landed back at Scampton at 0311 hours on Monday May 17, 1943.

Cheers,

Tom Walsh.
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