RAF’s legendary Squadron disbanded 71 years after famous raid over Germany. Will reform and get F-35s in a few years. Royal Air Force’s 617 Squadron known as the “Dambusters”, from the daring night ...

At 9.28pm on 16 May 1943, the first of 19 Brtitish Lancaster bombers took off from Royal Air Force Scampton in Lincolnshire, headed for the industrial heartland of Nazi Germany. Nine hours later, the ...

An image from the Channel 4 documentary recreating the daring Dambusters raid over Germany in 1943 Credit: Photo: Channel 4 Operation Chastise, also known as the Dambusters raid, was an attack on ...

Wing Cdr Guy Gibson (front left) led members of the 617 Squadron (also pictured) during the dambusters raids A historic map used in the Dambusters mission during World War Two is set to go up for ...

Death of the New Zealand squadron leader means just two crew members remain from the 1943 Dambusters bombing raids The last surviving pilot from the Dambusters raids has died at the age of 96. Les ...

The celebrated operation in May 1943 to destroy dams in the industrial heartland of Germany using revolutionary bouncing bombs was still fresh in the memory. Apart from the damage to the Nazi war ...

Disposal experts rushed to a beach after part of a World War II bomb was found - from the Dambusters raid. The May 1943 raid is one of the most memorable British war victories - and now a piece of one ...

Radio 2 is proud to commemorate the Dambusters 70th anniversary with a truly memorable day of programming, culminating in a special Friday Night Is Music Night at Biggin Hill.” — Bob Shennan, ...

The RAF's 617 Squadron - better known as the Dambusters - will disband next year. It will re-form in 2016 as the first squadron to fly Britain's new Lightning II aircraft but its current members are ...

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Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. A service and fly-past has been held to mark the 65th anniversary of the World War II Dambusters mission ...