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• wwii
• ww2
• raf
• secondworldwar
• dambusters
• operationchastise
• thenationalarchivesuk
• aviation
• militaryaviation
• royalairforce
• dambustersraid
• guygibson
• wingcommandergibson
• lancasterbomber
• bomber
• damdisasterphotography
• wwiidambombing
• bouncingbomb
• gibson
• lancasteriiied825g
• aircraft
• airplane
• avroe
• avro

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• The National Archives UK 13 photos

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Death duty accounts of Guy Gibson

from The National Archives UK

• 1 older comment, and then…
• Hugh Peden said:

  Very interesting as I live in the Vancouver BC area and I noticed he had some medal from the "City of Vancouver".

Lancaster aircraft

from The National Archives UK

• Bus Buster UK said:

  Lancaster B.III (Special) G-Gorge Dambuster

• lindad4a said:

  My uncle was part of the ground crew for the Dambusters. He had a life-long love for Lancasters and when I took him to the Aviation Heritage Centre at East Kirkby in 2001, he was thrilled to be reunited with one of his girls.
  
  

• Quiet Peace said:

  The most Beautiful Bomber of WWII hands down!

Upkeep mine loaded

from The National Archives UK

• John said:

  Guy Gibson's aircraft "G" George. It survived the war but was scrapped without thought or ceremony in 1947/8.

• Not the Fake Nate said:

  John This is an important photo. Gibson was 617 squadron cmmdr, right? I love how we can see the mechanism that rotated the bomb on this Lancaster.

• Frantic Friction said:

  Vraiment interessante comme composition

• Jens Roesner said:

  I never heard the term "Upkeep mine" and thought it looked like a rotating, bouncing bomb... More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb#Upkeep