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WE WILL REMEMBER THEM 

Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid, was an attack on German dams carried out on the night of 16/17 May 1943 by 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, later called the Dam Busters, using special "bouncing bombs" developed by Barnes Wallis. The Möhne and Edersee dams were breached, causing catastrophic flooding of the Ruhr valley and of villages in the Eder valley; the Sorpe Dam sustained only minor damage. Two hydroelectric power stations were destroyed and several more damaged. Factories and mines were also damaged and destroyed. An estimated 1,600 civilians – about 600 Germans and 1,000 enslaved labourers, mainly Soviet – were killed by the flooding. Despite rapid repairs by the Germans, production did not return to normal until September. The RAF lost 56 aircrew, with 53 dead and 3 captured, amid losses of 8 aircraft

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AJ-G

Wg Cdr G P Gibson DSO & Bar DFC & Bar

Pilot AJ-G

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded VC

Born Simla, India, 12 August 1918

KIA 20 September 1944  

Sgt J Pulford

Flight engineer AJ-G

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFM

Born Hull, 24 December 1919

KIA 13 February 1944 

Plt Off H T Taerum

Navigator AJ-G

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFC

Born Milo, Alberta, Canada, 22 May 1920

KIA 16 September 1943  

Flt Lt R E G Hutchison DFC

Wireless operator AJ-G

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded Bar to DFC

Born Liverpool, 26 April 1918

KIA 16 September 1943  

Plt Off F M Spafford DFM

Bomb aimer AJ-G

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFC

Born Adelaide, South Australia, 16 June 1918

KIA 16 September 1943  

Flt Sgt G A Deering

Front gunner AJ-G

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFC

Born Kirkintilloch, Scotland, 23 July 1919

KIA 16 September 1943  

Flt Lt R D Trevor-Roper DFM

Rear gunner AJ-G

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFC

Born, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, 19 May 1915

KIA 31 March 1944  

AJ-M

Flt Lt J V Hopgood DFC & Bar

Pilot

Killed on Dams Raid

Born Hurst, Berkshire, 29 August 1921 

Sgt C C Brennan

Flight engineer

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 22 February 1916, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 

Flg Off K Earnshaw

Navigator

Killed on Dams Raid

Born Bridlington, Yorkshire, 23 June 1918 

Sgt J W Minchin

Wireless operator

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 29 November 1915, Bourton on the Water, Gloucestershire 

Flt Sgt J W Fraser

Bomb aimer

Survived Dams Raid. PoW.

Born 22 September 1922, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Died Saltery Bay, British Columbia, Canada, 2 June 1962 

Plt Off G H F G Gregory DFM

Front gunner

Killed on Dams Raid

Born Govan, Glasgow, 24 June 1917 

Plt Off A F Burcher DFM

Rear gunner

Survived Dams Raid. PoW.

Born Vaucluse, Sydney, Australia, 15 March 1922

Died Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 9 August 1995 

AJ-P

Flt Lt H B Martin DFC

Pilot

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DSO

Born Edgecliffe, Sydney, Australia, 27 February 1918

Died London, 3 November 1988 

Plt Off I Whittaker

Flight engineer

Survived Dams Raid

Born Newcastle on Tyne, 9 September 1921

Died Wendover, Buckinghamshire, 22 August 1979 

Flt Lt J F Leggo DFC

Navigator

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded Bar to DFC

Born Sydney, Australia, 21 April 1916

Died Brisbane, Australia, 11 November 1983 

Flg Off L Chambers

Wireless operator

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFC

Born Karamea, New Zealand, 18 February 1919

Died Karamea, New Zealand, 1 March 1985 

Flt Lt R C Hay DFC

Bomb aimer

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded Bar to DFC

Born Renmark, South Australia, 4 November 1913

KIA 13 February 1944 

Plt Off B T Foxlee DFM

Front gunner

Survived Dams Raid

Born Queensland, Australia, 7 March 1920

Died Nottingham, 6 March 1985 

Flt Sgt T D Simpson

Rear gunner

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFM

Born Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 23 November 1917

Died Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 2 April 1998 

AJ-A

Sqn Ldr H M Young DFC & Bar

Pilot

Killed on Dams Raid

Born London, 20 May 1915 

Sgt D T Horsfall

Flight engineer

Killed on Dams Raid

Born Bramley, Yorkshire, 16 April 1920 

Flt Sgt C W Roberts

Navigator

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 19 January 1921, Cromer, Norfolk 

Sgt L W Nichols

Wireless operator

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 17 May 1910, Northwood, Middlesex 

Flg Off V S MacCausland

Bomb aimer

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 1 February 1913, Tyne Valley, Prince Edward Island, Canada 

Sgt G A Yeo

Front gunner

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 9 July 1922, Barry Dock, Glamorgan 

Sgt W Ibbotson

Rear gunner

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 18 September 1913, Netherton, Wakefield, Yorkshire 

AJ-J

Flt Lt D J H Maltby DFC

Pilot

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DSO

Born 10 May 1920, Baldslow, Sussex

KIA 15 September 1943 

Sgt W Hatton

Flight engineer

Survived Dams Raid

Born 24 March 1920, Wakefield, Yorkshire

KIA 15 September 1943  

Sgt V Nicholson

Navigator

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFM

Born 15 February 1923, Newcastle on Tyne

KIA 15 September 1943  

Sgt A J B Stone

Wireless operator

Survived Dams Raid

Born 5 December 1920 Winchester, Hampshire

KIA 15 September 1943  

Plt Off J Fort

Bomb aimer

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFC

Born 14 January 1912, Colne, Lancashire

KIA 15 September 1943  

Sgt V Hill

Front gunner

Survived Dams Raid

Born 6 December 1921, Berkeley, Gloucestershire

KIA 15 September 1943 

Sgt H T Simmonds

Rear gunner

Survived Dams Raid

Born 25 December 1921, Burgess Hill, Sussex

KIA 15 September 1943 [

AJ-L

Flt Lt D J Shannon DFC

Pilot

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DSO

Born 27 May 1922, Unley Park, South Australia

Died 8 April 1993, London [Read more]

Sgt R J Henderson

Flight engineer

Survived Dams Raid

Born 17 June 1920, Tarbrax, Lanarkshire

Died 18 February 1961, Limassol, Cyprus [Read more]

Flg Off D R Walker DFC

Navigator

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded Bar to DFC

Born 20 November 1917, Blairmore, Alberta, Canada

Died 17 November 2001, Blairmore, Alberta, Canada [Read more]

Flg Off B Goodale DFC

Wireless operator

Survived Dams Raid

Born 12 June 1919, Addington, Kent

Died 16 December 1977, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [Read more]

Flt Sgt L J Sumpter

Bomb aimer

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFM

Born 20 September 1911, Kettering, Northamptonshire

Died 30 November 1993, Luton, Bedfordshire [Read more]

Sgt B Jagger

Front gunner

Survived Dams Raid

Born 9 November 1921, London

KIA 30 April 1944 [Read more]

Flg Off J Buckley

Rear gunner

Survived Dams Raid

Born 1 May 1919, Bradford, Yorkshire

Died 6 May 1990, Bradford, Yorkshire [Read more]

AJ-Z

Sqn Ldr H E Maudslay DFC

Pilot

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 21 July 1921, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [Read more]

Sgt J Marriott DFM

Flight engineer

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 19 January 1920, New Smithy, Derbyshire [Read more]

Flg Off R A Urquhart DFC

Navigator

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 2 August 1919, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada [Read more]

WO A P Cottam

Wireless operator

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 29 August 1912, Jasper, Alberta, Canada [Read more]

Plt Off M J D Fuller

Bomb aimer

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 28 April 1920, Reigate, Surrey [Read more]

Flg Off W J Tytherleigh DFC

Front gunner

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 8 November 1921, Cambridge [Read more]

Sgt N R Burrows

Rear gunner

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 31 August 1914, Liverpool [Read more]

AJ-B

Flt Lt W Astell DFC

Pilot

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 1 April 1920, Knutsford, Cheshire [Read more]

Sgt J Kinnear

Flight engineer

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 6 November 1921, Newport, Fife [Read more]

Plt Off F A Wile

Navigator

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 17 April 1919, Scotch Village, Nova Scotia, Canada [Read more]

Flg Off D Hopkinson

Bomb aimer

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 19 September 1920, Royton, Lancashire [Read more]

Wrt Off A A Garshowitz

Wireless operator

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 11 December 1920, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada [Read more]

Flt Sgt F A Garbas

Front gunner

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 13 July 1922, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada [Read more]

Sgt R Bolitho

Rear gunner

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 19 January 1920, Derry, Ireland [Read more]

AJ-N

Plt Off L G Knight

Pilot

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DSO

Born 7 March 1921, Camberwell, Victoria, Australia

KIA 16 September 1943 [Read more]

Sgt R E Grayston

Flight engineer

Survived Dams Raid

Born 13 October 1918, Dunsfold, Surrey

Died 15 April 2010, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire [Read more]

Flg Off H S Hobday

Navigator

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFC

Born 28 January 1912, Croydon, Surrey

Died 24 February 2000, Hindolveston, Norfolk [Read more]

Flt Sgt R G T Kellow

Wireless operator

Survived Dams Raid

Born 13 December 1916, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Died 12 February 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada [Read more]

Flg Off E C Johnson

Bomb aimer

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFC

Born 3 May 1912, Lincoln

Died 1 October 2002, Blackpool, Lancashire [Read more]

Sgt F E Sutherland

Front gunner

Survived Dams Raid

Born 26 February 1923, Peace River, Alberta, Canada

Died 21 January 2019, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada [Read more]

Sgt H E O’Brien

Rear gunner

Survived Dams Raid

Born 15 August 1922, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Died 12 September 1985, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [Read more]

AJ-E

Flt Lt R N G Barlow DFC

Pilot

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 22 April 1911, Carlton, Victoria, Australia [Read more]

Plt Off S L Whillis

Flight engineer

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 18 October 1912, Newcastle on Tyne [Read more]

Flg Off P S Burgess

Navigator

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 19 September 1922, Portsmouth, Hampshire [Read more]

Flg Off C R Williams DFC

Wireless operator

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 19 March 1909, Townsville, Queensland, Australia [Read more]

Plt Off A Gillespie

Bomb aimer

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 16 November 1922, Hesket, Westmorland [Read more]

Flg Off H S Glinz

Front gunner

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 2 March 1922, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada [Read more]

Sgt J R G Liddell

Rear gunner

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 22 June 1924, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [Read more]

AJ-W

<Flt Lt J L Munro

Pilot

Survived Dams Raid

Born 5 April 1919, Gisborne, North Island, New Zealand

Died 4 August 2015, Tauranga, North Island, New Zealand [Read more]

Sgt F E Appleby

Flight engineer

Survived Dams Raid

Born 3 November 1921, Eastbourne, Sussex

Died 15 September 1996, Eastbourne, Sussex [Read more]

Flg Off F G Rumbles

Navigator

Survived Dams Raid

Born 14 September 1920, Kirtlebridge, Dumfriesshire

Died 26 February 1988, Port Elizabeth, South Africa [Read more]

Wrt Off P E Pigeon

Wireless operator

Survived Dams Raid

Born 3 June 1917, Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada

Died 25 March 1967, Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada [Read more]

Sgt J H Clay

Bomb aimer

Survived Dams Raid

Born 2 February 1911, North Shields, Tyne and Wear

Died 6 August 1995, Gosforth, Tyne and Wear [Read more]

Sgt W Howarth

Front gunner

Survived Dams Raid

Born 29 August 1921, Oldham, Lancashire

Died 12 January 1990, Oldham, Lancashire [Read more]

Flt Sgt H A Weeks

Rear gunner

Survived Dams Raid

Born 10 December 1919, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Died 22 March 1992, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada [Read more]

AJ-K

Plt Off V W Byers

Pilot

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 24 September 1919, Star City, Saskatchewan, Canada [Read more]

Sgt A J Taylor

Flight engineer

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 19 December 1922, Alves, Morayshire [Read more]

Flg Off J H Warner

Navigator

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 19 May 1914, Horncastle, Lincolnshire [Read more]

Sgt J Wilkinson

Wireless operator

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 2 March 1922, Antrobus, Cheshire [Read more]

Plt Off A N Whitaker

Bomb aimer

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 8 September 1909, Blackburn, Lancashire [Read more]

Sgt C McA Jarvie

Front gunner

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 9 May 1922, Glasgow [Read more]

Flt Sgt J McDowell

Rear gunner

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 13 August 1910, Glasgow [Read more]

AJ-H

Plt Off G Rice

Pilot

Survived Dams Raid

Born 4 January 1917, Hinckley, Leicestershire

Died 24 November 1981, Taunton, Somerset [Read more]

Sgt E C Smith

Flight engineer

Survived Dams Raid

Born 26 August 1919, Cambridge

KIA 16 September 1943 [Read more]

Flg Off R Macfarlane

Navigator

Survived Dams Raid

Born 12 December 1921, Glasgow

KIA 20 December 1943 [Read more]

Wrt Off C B Gowrie

Wireless operator

Survived Dams Raid

Born 14 April 1918, Tramping Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada

KIA 20 December 1943 [Read more]

Wrt Off J W Thrasher

Bomb aimer

Survived Dams Raid

Born 30 July 1920, Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada

KIA 20 December 1943 [Read more]

Sgt T W Maynard

Front gunner

Survived Dams Raid

Born 6 September 1923, London

KIA 20 December 1943 [Read more]

Sgt S Burns

Rear gunner

Survived Dams Raid

Born 27 December 1920, Dudley, Worcestershire

KIA 21 December 1943 [Read more]

AJ-T

Flt Lt J C McCarthy DFC

Pilot

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DSO

Born 31 August 1919, Long Island, New York, USA

Died 6 September 1998, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA [Read more]

Sgt W G Radcliffe

Flight engineer

Survived Dams Raid

Born 24 September 1919, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Died 5 July 1952, British Columbia, Canada [Read more]

Flt Sgt D A MacLean

Navigator

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFM

Born 2 April 1916, Toronto, Canada

Died 16 July 1992, Toronto, Canada [Read more]

Flt Sgt L Eaton

Wireless operator

Survived Dams Raid

Born 16 March 1906, Manchester

Died 22 March 1974, Manchester [Read more]

Sgt G L Johnson

Bomb aimer

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFM

Born 25 November 1921, Hameringham, Lincolnshire [Read more]

Sgt R Batson

Front gunner

Survived Dams Raid

Born 5 December 1920, Ferryhill, Co Durham

Died 25 November 2006, Leeholme, Co Durham [Read more]

Flg Off D Rodger

Rear gunner

Survived Dams Raid

Born 23 February 1918, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada

Died 1 September 2004, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada [Read more]

AJ-C

Plt Off W Ottley DFC

Pilot

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 4 March 1922, London [Read more]

Sgt R Marsden

Flight engineer

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 8 May 1920, Scarborough, Yorkshire [Read more]

Flg Off J K Barrett DFC

Navigator

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 9 September 1920, London [Read more]

Sgt J Guterman DFM

Wireless operator

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 1 August 1920, Ramsgate, Kent [Read more]

Flt Sgt T B Johnston

Bomb aimer

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 19 July 1921, Bellshill, Lanarkshire [Read more]

Sgt H J Strange

Front gunner

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 25 April 1923, Birkenhead [Read more]

Sgt F Tees

Rear gunner

Survived Dams Raid. PoW

Born 16 June 1922, Chichester, Sussex

Died 15 March 1982, Letchworth, Hertfordshire [Read more]

AJ-S

Plt Off L J Burpee DFM

Pilot

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 5 March 1918, Ottawa, Canada [Read more]

Sgt G Pegler

Flight engineer

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 27 September 1921, Ringwood, Hampshire [Read more]

Sgt T Jaye

Navigator

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 3 October 1922, Crook, Co Durham [Read more]

Plt Off L G Weller

Wireless operator

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 1 September 1915, London [Read more]

Flt Sgt J L Arthur

Bomb aimer

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 3 July 1917, Toronto, Canada [Read more]

Sgt W C A Long

Front gunner

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 11 September 1923, Eastleigh, Hampshire [Read more]

Wrt Off J G Brady

Rear gunner

Killed on Dams Raid

Born 16 April 1916, Ponoka, Alberta, Canada [Read more]

AJ-F

Flt Sgt K W Brown

Pilot

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded CGM

Born 20 August 1920, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

Died 23 December 2002, White Rock, British Columbia, Canada [Read more]

Sgt H B Feneron

Flight engineer

Survived Dams Raid

Born 14 May 1920, London

Died 18 November 1993, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire [Read more]

Sgt D P Heal

Navigator

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFM

Born 5 August 1916, Portsmouth, Hampshire

Died 7 February 1999, Southampton, Hampshire [Read more]

Sgt H J Hewstone

Wireless operator

Survived Dams Raid

Born 24 July 1909, London

Died 28 May 1980, Havering, Essex [Read more]

Sgt S Oancia

Bomb aimer

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFM

Born 5 March 1923, Stonehenge, Saskatchewan, Canada

Died 6 May 1999, Carleton, Ontario, Canada [Read more]

Sgt D Allatson

Front gunner

Survived Dams Raid

Born 7 November 1923, Eastwood, Essex

KIA 16 September 1943 [Read more]

Flt Sgt G S McDonald

Rear gunner

Survived Dams Raid

Born 20 July 1921, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada

Died 13 May 2012, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [Read more]

AJ-O

Flt Sgt W C Townsend DFM

Pilot

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded CGM

Born 12 January 1921, Gloucestershire

Died 9 April 1991, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [Read more]

Sgt D J D Powell

Flight engineer

Survived Dams Raid

Born 21 January 1922, Birmingham

KIA 16 September 1943 [Read more]

Plt Off C L Howard

Navigator

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFC

Born 12 January 1913, Freemantle, Western Australia

Died 26 December 1989, Perth, Western Australia [Read more]

Flt Sgt G A Chalmers

Wireless operator

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFM

Born 12 February 1921, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire

Died 6 August 2002, Harrogate, Yorkshire [Read more]

Sgt C E Franklin DFM

Bomb aimer

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded Bar to DFM

Born 12 November 1915, London

Died 25 January 1975, Birmingham [Read more]

Sgt D E Webb

Front gunner

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFM

Born 12 September 1922, London

Died 8 December 1996, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight [Read more]

Sgt R Wilkinson

Rear gunner

Survived Dams Raid

Awarded DFM

Born 1 September 1922, South Shields, Tyne and Wear

Died 27 July 1980, Noble Park, Victoria, Australia [Read more]

AJ-Y

Flt Sgt C T Anderson

Pilot

Survived Dams Raid

Born 9 December 1913, Wakefield, Yorkshire