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Re: Dambuster Lancs
Posted by Richard Allnutt on Wed Apr 16, 2003 01:46:43 PM
In reply top Dambuster Lancs posted by Tony C on Wed Apr 16, 2003 07:56:58 AM
According to Alan Cooper's excellent book "The Men Who Breached the Dams" the following Dam's aircraft survived the war to be scrapped.
ED906 "J" Scrapped 29 July 1947 Maltby
ED909 "P" Scrapped 29 July 1947 Martin
ED910 "N" Scrapped 26 Sept. 1946 Knight
ED931 "W" Scrapped 26 May 1946 Munro
ED924 "Y" Scrapped 23 Sept. 1946 Anderson
ED929 "L" Scrapped 7 Oct. 1946 Shannon
ED932 "G" Scrapped 29 July 1947 Gibson
Very sad that at least Gibson's plane was not saved... we have had a habit of scrapping famous aircraft!
Richard
: Hi All,
: I have watched the 2 part series on Channel 4, about the D
: ambusters and getting a current crew to simulate the attac
: k.
:
: While I enjoyed watching the programme, I'm not too sure o
: n what was gained by having current RAF personnel, untake
: a simulation of the raid....
:
: Anyway, of those Lancaster which untook the raid, I believ
: e that at least one of the aircraft which took part and su
: rvived the Dams raid also went on to survive the War(Gibso
: ns I think).
:
: Did any of the others survive and if any did, why the hell
: didn't anybody ensure that at least one was saved for pos
: terity.
:
: Tony