Beardo Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Nice piece in the Mail online about the Dambusters film... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2324297/Behind-scenes-The-Dam-Busters-How-crews-created-scale-models-targets-flew-real-Lancasters-make-classic-war-film.html My Grandfather worked on it - he's in the white overalls third from right standing on the ground - he had a brief cameo in it as well - he drives a bomb truck across the standings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overandunder2012 Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 nice pic mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 What a great picture and a wonderful bit of memorabilia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old rooster Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Great shame that some try to dismiss that heroic mission as of little real value, those guys along with the thousands of others who fought in the various services deserve our utmost respect for all time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 ....and you can guarantee that film will be on again, strange really, I have seen it many times, know what's next, but it still has a ring about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Up there along with the cockle shell heros. Great shame that some try to dismiss that heroic mission as of little real value, those guys along with the thousands of others who fought in the various services deserve our utmost respect for all time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livefast123 Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 (edited) Great film, I never grow tired of watching the exploits of true heros and role models. Thats a wonderful bit of history to keep on the wall! Edited May 15, 2013 by Livefast123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnerbob Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 I have great respect for these chaps...they are part of the reason we are not speaking German today !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodmedod.one Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Nice piece in the Mail online about the Dambusters film... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2324297/Behind-scenes-The-Dam-Busters-How-crews-created-scale-models-targets-flew-real-Lancasters-make-classic-war-film.html My Grandfather worked on it - he's in the white overalls third from right standing on the ground - he had a brief cameo in it as well - he drives a bomb truck across the standings. What a brilliant photograph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted May 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 whilst on the subjects of old photos / my grandfather - i think i posted this ages ago but cant find it... No.2 Squadron, RAF Debert, Canada. March 1943 My Grandfather is front row eighth from left. Flying the North Atlantic run in Lockheed Hudsons (he was a Navigator) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Great pics Beardo. The ingenuity of people like Barnes Wallis and there were many, and the bravery of all the servicemen and women are what kept the Great in Britain, we were a force to be reckoned with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old rooster Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Great pics Beardo. The ingenuity of people like Barnes Wallis and there were many, and the bravery of all the servicemen and women are what kept the Great in Britain, we were a force to be reckoned with. As was the case during the Falklands conflict, trouble is it seems that we need something that potentially disastrous to all pull together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katzenjammer Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Great pics Beardo. The ingenuity of people like Barnes Wallis and there were many, and the bravery of all the servicemen and women are what kept the Great in Britain, we were a force to be reckoned with.A Dam good film in fact? My old schoolfriend is an expert on Barnes Wallis etc and has written a number of books on the subject. http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/153530.Stephen_Flower We have to remember as well that the vast majority of the forces in WW2 were called up to fight and not volunteers as today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Great pics, we do seem to take great pleasure in knocking our war heroes many years after the event, what's more, we judge them from a 2013 standpoint not what at the time. We were at war and did what needed to be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piebob Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 (edited) Chris Evans was talking about Barnes Wallis et al this morning. He mentioned that, as well as the film, the documentary is being re-run. I think he said it was on More4 either this or next Friday. Sounds like a great watch. Edit: Remembered I have a TV guide on my phone. More4 21:00 - 23:00 Friday 17th May - Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb. Edited May 15, 2013 by Piebob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 He was a truly inspirational inventor, and was deeply upset with the loss of life stemming from the raids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretagentmole Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 My Grandfather, 2nd from right holding navigator's case! 300 Squadron Polish Free Air Force, had some lovely raids, like the sub pens at Brest, 30 feet lobbing bombs in through the open doors. Also took part in the firestorm raid on Dresden... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted May 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 cool - my grandfather also flew with 88 Squadron on Bostons... always loved their badge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old rooster Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Makes you wonder how they could go back mission after mission seeing their mates getting killed along the way. It obviously took it's mental toll on some but they must have been men of iron!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 My Grandfather worked on it - he's in the white overalls third from right standing on the ground - he had a brief cameo in it as well - he drives a bomb truck across the standings. That's a funny coincidence, my Dad was at RAF Scampton and RAF Hemswell during the filming. He was 20 at the time and a RAF airfield fireman, so he was on crash duty when they were filming the Lancs taking off etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neillfrbs Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 dont forget the black lab ****** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 I actually hesitated in replying to this thread for fear that someone would drag that up yet again. Yep, the dog had a name which isnt all that popular these days. Who cares? Deal with it and lets actually have a thread about a great bit of British history that shows some respect to the individuals who made it happen by discussing it rather than letting it descend into yet another whinefest about political correctness. There are plenty of other threads of that ilk running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted May 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 i posted the No.2 squadron photo on Flickr and got a message from a bloke who's father was also there at the same time... he sent me these photos... on the film front my grandfather also worked on 633 Squadron, Ice Cold in Alex and Operation Crossbow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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la bala Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 truly men of steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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