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Been lucky enough to go inside one of the Lancasters, I couldn't believe how cramped and flimsy it felt. These guys had some guts to fly the type of missions they did in them. RIP Johnny.
What a guy, had the privilege of meeting him some fifteen years ago. And it’s true he absolutely loved a glass or two of red. Lived life to the full. RIP Thanks for putting this on Boundy.
A great believer in taking anything you like to wherever you want to.
And to think some refuse to wear a poppy to honour their bravery.
R.I.P. Johnnie, I salute you and your comrades.
I meet up with the son of a bomb aimer who flew with 617 Squadron, although he wasn't on the dam buster raid.
He was shot down whilst carrying out an attack on submarine pens at Brest in Lancaster bomber "Dark Victor" they carried just one 12,000 lb bomb "tallboy" His son was kind enough to give me a copy of the full mission report of the fateful raid, plus his fathers log of all his previous missions (39), it's not until you read the report can you imagine their bravery.
Incidentally, his father was originally from Crynant.
What a guy, had the privilege of meeting him some fifteen years ago. And it’s true he absolutely loved a glass or two of red. Lived life to the full. RIP Thanks for putting this on Boundy.
It’s not always the case but loads of these people who live to be over a hundred always seem to love a drink and a fag and everything that should be bad for them.
Brave men! Apparently it did little to disrupt the German economy though, so probably a waste of lives and resources, but hindsight is great
Oooo look at you being all, well you really. German industry was extremely hampered by the bombing raids as well as the naval blockades preventing raw materials arriving. Anyway not the thread for it, this is about saluting and remembering a real British hero, and as you rightly say brave brave men.
In his book Inside the Third Reich, Albert Speer acknowledged the attempt: "That night, employing just a few bombers, the British came close to a success which would have been greater than anything they had achieved hitherto with a commitment of thousands of bombers."
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back.
Oooo look at you being all, well you really. German industry was extremely hampered by the bombing raids as well as the naval blockades preventing raw materials arriving. Anyway not the thread for it, this is about saluting and remembering a real British hero, and as you rightly say brave brave men.
I'm not disputing how brave and effective they were on that mission. The hydro electric power station was back up running within weeks and the Germans used droves of forced labour to repair the dams within a few months. Even Bomber Harris said it was a waste of lives and resources
It’s not always the case but loads of these people who live to be over a hundred always seem to love a drink and a fag and everything that should be bad for them.
That’s what I’m relying on 😂
A great believer in taking anything you like to wherever you want to.
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