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78 years ago tonight 19 Lancasters of 617 squadron left R.A,F Scampton to attack the great dams of the Ruhr.
Just saying. ....-;)
Just saying. ....-;)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.All four sons were taken to Woodhall Spa to see the monument to 617 squadron.
Wife was taken on 3 occasions to stay atthe Petworth Hotel which was the officers mess of 617 squadron.
20 junior doctors, consultants and theatre staff were taken to Bomber County and given a tour by an aviation historian, one ofthe highlights of my life.
Wife was taken on 3 occasions to stay atthe Petworth Hotel which was the officers mess of 617 squadron.
20 junior doctors, consultants and theatre staff were taken to Bomber County and given a tour by an aviation historian, one ofthe highlights of my life.
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I think the raid inflicted greater damage on the morale of the Germans and gave a great boost the morale of the British people. However, it's estimated that German production was back to normal within a short space of time. But a fantastic technical achievement carried through by extremely brave men.
The Germans didnt hear much about the bomb raids of course and less about the damage. I have been looking for my fathers record of Dambusters - 1943 - unpublished diaries
nothing yet: I found - harrowing text follows - he was British but had volunteered for other POW work:
"Doctors looking after the Russians were usually Poles or Serbs because again Russia not having signed the (Geneva) Convention there were no Protected Personnel and everyone was simply drafted out for work, if they survived the Front and the Journey Down the Line. Intellectuals tend to be more frail that the private soldier and in fact one of the latter said bitterly " They are trying to liquidate our Intelligentsia".
"In conversation with a Serb doctor I said " The German doctor here seems quite reasonable."
"Yes he is all right - except for his taste for experimentation. He experiments on the Russians. He has conducted numerous experiments with Typhus. He injects it into them. Curiously enough they seem pretty resistant. Even when they get it it is pretty mild."
"Later he added: I have always been anti communist but I go home and tell them what I have seen , they will say it is Russian propaganda I have swallowed. The punishments can be quite simple. Lock a man naked in a concrete cell , hose him down and leave him there on a cold night. It is surprising that so many survive."
My fathers sacrifice and those of the Russians were involuntary by the way - he later said never volunteer for anything
NB POW camp, NOT concentration camp which were much worse
nothing yet: I found - harrowing text follows - he was British but had volunteered for other POW work:
"Doctors looking after the Russians were usually Poles or Serbs because again Russia not having signed the (Geneva) Convention there were no Protected Personnel and everyone was simply drafted out for work, if they survived the Front and the Journey Down the Line. Intellectuals tend to be more frail that the private soldier and in fact one of the latter said bitterly " They are trying to liquidate our Intelligentsia".
"In conversation with a Serb doctor I said " The German doctor here seems quite reasonable."
"Yes he is all right - except for his taste for experimentation. He experiments on the Russians. He has conducted numerous experiments with Typhus. He injects it into them. Curiously enough they seem pretty resistant. Even when they get it it is pretty mild."
"Later he added: I have always been anti communist but I go home and tell them what I have seen , they will say it is Russian propaganda I have swallowed. The punishments can be quite simple. Lock a man naked in a concrete cell , hose him down and leave him there on a cold night. It is surprising that so many survive."
My fathers sacrifice and those of the Russians were involuntary by the way - he later said never volunteer for anything
NB POW camp, NOT concentration camp which were much worse