The Dam Busters : Comments

Gaz11h
03/07/11
Weta Fan

recent visit to Brooklands

Brooklands in Weybridge Surrey in England home of the worls first... Read more.

Brooklands in Weybridge Surrey in England home of the worls first motor racing Circuit opened in 1907 and also the birthplace of British aviation, was also the location that Barnes Wallis worked from, and it is here that he came up with the bouncing Bomb otherwise known as up keep, there is a replica of one of the catapults as used in the tank testing experiments, also an up keep and quiet a fair display on other inventions and aircraft Wallis played a major hand in, most impressive is the Stratosperic chamber he used in later experiments and a whole Vickers Wellington Bomber certainly well worth a visit and great place for reasearch Hide.

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Myron
27/05/09
Weta Fan

One of the two NZ Dambusters

I cant wait for the new movie to come out. My... Read more.

I cant wait for the new movie to come out. My Mum's 1st cousin was the Wireless Operator, Len Chambers, on Micky Martin's P for Popsy on the dams raid. I grew up in Karamea on the West Coast of the South Island which is where "Uncle Len" lived until his death in 1984. His Widow still lives in Karamea. Mum and I went on a bus tour through Europe last year called the Dambusters, Colditz and the Great Escape. We walked accross the Moehne Dam and Eder dam and visited all the war graves of the 53 men who were lost on the raid. Seeing what they did first hand is amazing in the middle of the night at 60 feet flying over the lake. I say again I cant wait to see the new Movie. I have watched the 1955 version many times.
regards

Myron Hide.

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