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Away for a while
I’ve had a few computer problems, which is why there have only been sporadic postings for the last two weeks. The hardware has been fixed, but I’m now going away on holiday. Plenty of stuff to report...
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David and Ann Shannon’s headstones
Although David Shannon was an Australian, he stayed on in England after the war, joining Shell as an executive. He spent some time in both Colombia and Kenya before returning to the UK. He died on 8...
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Gibson logbook, hat and letters on display
Anyone in London during the next month will have a rare opportunity to see some of Guy Gibson’s personal effects – his log, a hat and some letters. They are on show in the (you might think unlikely)...
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Dambusters team keep tune, get SAS support
This blog’s official football team is of course The Mighty Imps, whose fans have now taken the sensible decision to keep The Dam Busters March as their theme tune, played when the teams run out onto...
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Munro interviewed about Dambusters remake
The only surviving Dams Raid pilot Les Munro has reportedly come out of retirement to visit the studio in Wellington NZ where the Dambusters remake will be made and is chuffed that it is being produced...
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Dambuster Grant MacDonald at Williston Lake
One of the spectators at the bouncing bomb drops on Williston Lake (see post below) was none other than Grant MacDonald, rear gunner in Ken Brown’s crew on the Dams Raid. Here he is, on the left, with...
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Snow, snow, thick, thick snow
With nothing to report except “adverse weather conditions”, let me take this opportunity to wish all readers of this blog a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See you again in January!
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AJ-J’s Dams Raid route on Google Earth
Steve Cooke has taken the time to plot out on Google Earth the route taken by AJ-J on the Dams Raid, as computed by Dick Timmers. You can download the file here. If you don’t have Google Earth...
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Season’s Greetings from the Dambuster blog!
And so I’m offering this simple phrase, To kids from one to ninety-two, Although it’s been said many times, many ways, A Merry Christmas to you. (Tormé and Wells, 1946)
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John (Tommy) Thompson, 1920-2012
Every year, the number of aircrew who served in the RAF during the Second World War sadly declines, and 2012 saw the passing of one wartime pilot who I came across when researching my book about David...
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