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65th anniversary of The Dambusters
news.bbc.co.uk — A service and fly-past will be held today to mark the 65th anniversary of the World War II Dambusters mission. A Lancaster bomber will fly three times over Derwent Reservoir in Derbyshire, which was used by the original pilots to train ahead of their famous raid.
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- domfosnz, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1I think there's only 3 Lancasters left in the world that can fly now.
- geekchic, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1There are 17 surviving planes - of which just two are airworthy, although a couple are being restored to flight capability at the moment.
- samblesj, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Have a look at this slideshow from the day as well - cool photos:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1967218/Fly-past-m ... - BN2L, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Love the sound of those planes.Cockpit view was amazing.
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