The first of the United States-built warplanes touched down at RAF Marham in Norfolk in 2018. The squadron, famously known as the Dambusters, 617 Squadron, was the first to be equipped with the £ ...
The 617 Squadron's mascot, a black Labrador, belonged to commanding officer Guy Gibson and died on the day of the raid on German dams in 1943. The RAF plans to move the grave from RAF Scampton as ...
Johnny Fauquier, the most decorated Canadian airman of the Second World War, was born into spectacular wealth in Rockcliffe. The son of a railway builder, Fauquier grew up in a mansion named “Ardvar” ...
The daring raid is undoubtedly one of the most famous in the history of the Second World War the subject of a great British blockbuster and countless books But what did the elite fliers of No 617 ...