17 May 2013

Dambusters

From Afternoons, 2:07 pm on 17 May 2013
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70 years ago today, 133 elite airmen in the Royal Airforce 617 Squadron, including a handful of Kiwis, flew a daring mission to bomb dams on the Ruhr River in Germany's Industrial heartland. The New Zealand Air Force Museum at Wigram has a special exhibit to honor the dambusters.

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