Dambusters 70th anniversary
A flypast is taking place to mark the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters raid. A Lancaster bomber will fly over RAF Cosford near Wolverhampton to commemorate the famous mission of the Second World War in Germany.
Dambuster flypast at reservoir where the bouncing bomb was trialled
A Lancaster Bomber has graced the skies of Derbyshire today, to mark the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters.
Derwent Reservoir in the Peak District was used as a stretch of water to test the bouncing bomb – an ingenious method of destroying dams, designed by Sir Barnes Wallis from Ripley in Derbyshire.
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