Record

LS - Derbyshire Local Studies collection - 19th-21st Cent
- 9
  - 4
    - 0
      - 5
        
        4
        
        4

Archive Reference / Library Class No.	LS/940.544
Title	617 Squadron, The Dambusters: 45th anniversary commemorative souvenir programme
Date	1988
Publication Date	1988
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender Location	C21152101
Term	DAMS
	RESERVOIRS
	Second World War (1939-1945)
	MEMORIALS

Show related Persons records.

Related Names

Name (click for further details)

Dam Busters; 1943-; No. 617 Squadron was a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron based at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland. It operated the Tornado GR4 in the ground attack and reconnaissance role. It is commonly known as the "Dambusters", for its actions during Operation Chastise against German dams during the Second World War.

Royal Air Force; 1918-; The United Kingdom's aerial warfare force. Formed from the Royal Flying Corps towards the end of the First World War in 1918; the oldest independent air force in the world.

Wallis; Sir; Barnes (1887-1979); Born Ripley, Derbyshire; scientist, engineer and inventor. Invented the "bouncing bomb" used by the Royal Air Force in Operation Chastise (the "Dambusters" raid) to attack the dams of the Ruhr Valley during World War II. The practice runs were at Derwent Dam, Derbyshire.

Places

Place (click for further details)	Type
Derwent Reservoir

Add to My Items

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Local Studies Periodicals

Local Studies Periodicals

National Coal Board

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Collection Highlights