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Enemy Coast Ahead

28th October 2019 Articles, Lancaster
‘Enemy Coast Ahead’ by Philip E West depicts a wave of three Lancasters of 617 Squadron led by Wg Cdr Guy Gibson as they make their low-level cross-channel dash on the way to the heart of the Ruhr on the night of 16/17 May 1943. Operation Chastise was the codename for the attack on the Möhne, Eder and Sorpe Dams. Courtesy SWA Fine Art Publishers

In 1944 Wg Cdr Guy Gibson VC DSO* DFC* wrote a fascinating account of his wartime experiences, which was first published in book form in 1946. What follows here are edited extracts taken from his

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Issue 1 – Avro Lancaster: Introduction

28th October 2019 Lancaster
View from the mid-upper turret of PA474 as it flies over RAF Scampton on 16 May 2008 – the 65th anniversary of the Dams raid. Cpl Mark Crosby/Crown Copyright

Welcome to Aviation Classics, a new series of high-quality glossy publications centred on the world’s greatest aircraft, the events in which they played crucial roles and those who flew, maintained and supported them. We begin

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‘Lancs’ on film

24th January 2018 Darren Hendley Articles, Lancaster

With Peter Jackson’s new ‘take’ on the ‘dam busters’ legend currently in production, Jonathan Falconer looks back to the original – and some might say never-to-be-bettered The Dam Busters – when real RAF bomber pilots

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Enemy coast ahead

22nd January 2018 Darren Hendley Articles, Lancaster

In 1944 Wg Cdr Guy Gibson VC DSO* DFC* wrote a fascinating account of his wartime experiences, which was first published in book form in 1946. What follows here are edited extracts taken from his original manuscript that form an article focusing on the

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