A very interesting piece but it omits a rather significant detail; the lead
pilot, aged 25, was awarded the Victoria Cross for his troubles.
I have my doubts that the Lancaster flying over the Derwent dam wall is the
world's last flying one. In the mid 1990s one flew into Penticton, BC where
we lived at the time and was open to the public. I took a look around
inside. At 5'10" I had to bend my head low to get through the fuselage. The
cockpit was tiny ! The off-duty Air Canada 747 pilot who was flying the
thing was more ecstatic than a small boy with a new toy to have the
opportunity of flying a vintage aircraft.
Seen here are three shots I took at Derwent reservoir a year ago:
www.JohnHudsonPhoto.com/911.html
www.JohnHudsonPhoto.com/912.html
www.JohnHudsonPhoto.com/913.html
jh
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From: "Walters, Martin" <Martin.Walters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] E-3 and 50-200 lens
> Chris:
> The last surviving pilot of the Dambuster raid attended. An interesting
> photo of the Lanc passing over the dam in this article:
> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2017043/posts
>
>
> Martin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Barker [mailto:ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 1:32 AM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] E-3 and 50-200 lens
>
> Thanks for that, John. I wish that I had known that the memorial
> flights were going to take place.
>
> Chris
>
> On 6 Jan 2009, at 02:38, John Hudson wrote:
>
>> Keith Allchin, a member of this list, very kindly referred me to this
>> website
>>
>> www.StephenElliottPhotography.co.uk
>>
>> from which I went straight to:
>>
>> www.StephenElliottPhotography.co.uk/gallery_146163.html
>>
>> The photos were taken with an E-3 and a DZ 50-200mm lens
>>
>> The distance from the camera to the dam wall seen in two of the images
>
>> is
>> 3.55 miles.
>>
>> The reservoir is just west of Sheffield, England and was the site of
>> the trial runs for the 1943 RAF Dambusters raid over Germany.
>>
>> The images are quite a tribute to the 50-200 lens.
>
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