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Flypasts in 2003 and 2013 were staged to honour the RAFs 617 Squadron which in 1943 unleashed bouncing bombs on reservoirs in Nazi Germany. There will not be a flypast this year.

“It was exciting and terrifying. It was like a constant game of Russian roulette, you never knew when a missile strike would occur...”. “We had a wonderful time in Mallorca. I had never visited the island before and loved it, but when we finally docked in Gosport I felt rather sad.”

As the RAF takes off on fly-past events marking the 80th anniversary of the famous Dambusters raid, its Second World War display group will not be heading for the Peak District reservoirs where the original crews trained.

Events to mark the 80th anniversary of the daring Dambusters raid have been taking place across Lincolnshire this weekend.

ON the 80th anniversary of one of World War II's most famous air raids "Operation Chastise" (better known as the Dambusters Raid), the Australian War Memorial is previewing an original Sorpe Dam model that was used to prepare for the raids.

A Second World War Lancaster bomber flew over Grantham yesterday (Saturday) to mark the 80th anniversary of the Dambusters raid.

The plane was mainly used at night in the early years of the Second World War.

The 1944 Wellington, one of only two remaining, will form the focal point of a new Bomber Command exhibition at RAF Museum Midlands in Cosford, Shropshire, next week.

The remains of the Dambusters dog - whose name is now considered a highly offensive racial slur - could be unearthed and moved to Norfolk, because…

Emsworth based artist Steven Massey has painted the Avro Lancaster of Wing Commander Guy Gibson attacking the wartime Mohne Dam during Operation Chastise, the Dambuster raid to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the event this month.