Hay spells it out
[Picture from The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill, Evans Brothers, 1951 edition] Anyone who has read the later chapters of Paul Brickhill’s book The Dam Busters may recall the chapter devoted to a...
View ArticleDambuster of the Day No. 19: Robert Hay
Picture: Hay family Flt Lt R C Hay DFC Bomb aimer Lancaster serial number: ED909/G Call sign: AJ-P First wave. Third aircraft to attack Möhne Dam. Mine veered left after dropping and exploded at side...
View ArticleRemembrance Day in Sardinia: commemorating Bob Hay
Wg Cdr Baz Potts places a poppy on the grave of Flt Lt Bob Hay. [Pic: Sgt Jamie Johnson, RAF] Not all the Dams Raid aircrew who died during the war are buried in the large war cemeteries in Germany....
View ArticleSnow drops a clanger in hangar
Dan Snow, on the wrong spot. Last week’s three-part documentary series, broadcast on Channel 5, had a number of errors. A major one is discussed here. This concerns the near catastrophe caused when...
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