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it to them. When I am not here anymore I hope that
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To me, the importance of learning from history is beyond measure.
People often ask why FlyPast frequently publishes new articles to mark the
anniversaries of events like the Battle of Britain or D-Day or, in this issue, the
Dambusters raid which took place 75 years ago. It’s a fair question, given that
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to tell these stories, in new and interesting ways where possible, has never been
more important.
This month, we’ve tried to do exactly that in our feature about Operation
‘Chastise’, the Dambusters attack involving the historic ‘bouncing-bomb’ , the
brainchild of Barnes Wallis. To mark this important anniversary, I managed to
extract myself from the comfort of my of ce chair and took a trip to Germany
with members of my family. We visited two of the three dams and other sites
connected to the raid, including the graves of Wg Cdr Guy Gibson and many of
the other men involved. A friend of mine is a distant relation to Daniel Allatson,
who ew as a gunner on ‘Chastise’. I’d never heard of Daniel prior to meeting
her, so I went about uncovering as much of his story as I could, culminating in
a moving visit to his nal resting place in Germany. His death at the age of 19,
just months after surviving the most legendary of ‘ops’, seems to me an apt
illustration of the sheer tragedy of war. We hope you enjoy this issue and that
you will join us in our passion to keep history alive for those who will bene t
most from it. Let’s do it for Daniel; let’s do it for Hetty.
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Features
22
Dambusters Revisited
Marking the 75th anniversary of
Operation ‘Chastise’, Steve Beebee
visited the Möhne and Eder dams
in Germany.
News
116 Dragon Lady
Lockheed U-2 pilot Lt Col Rick Bishop
recalls high altitude missions that took
samples from Chinese nuclear
weapon tests.
100 Target Britain
For 12 days in 1942 the Luftwaffe hit
British towns that appeared in the
Baedeker travel guide. Chris Goss
assesses these raids.
122 Marauders
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Spitfire worked on at Biggin Hill
Buccaneer anniversary
Halifax rolled out at Elvington
MiG joins US collection
New colours for P-47D
Typhoon rebuild – latest
Warren E Thompson talks to Martin B-26
crews about their exploits from North
Africa to Germany.
Contents
July 2018
No.444
Front Cover
De Havilland Vampire T.11 WZ507 flying over the East Midlands in March. See pages 58-61.
NEIL HUTCHINSON
This page, main image:
Randy Ball flying Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 ‘Fresco’ NX217SH at April’s Sun ’n Fun airshow in Lakeland, Florida.
FRANK B MORMILLO
22
Dambusters Revisited
100
Target Britain
122
Marauders
Britain’s Glorious Jet Age
34
Air travel changed forever when the
de Havilland Comet entered service.
Bruce Hales-Dutton tells its story.
Regulars
20
Airshow
Gavin Conroy presents images from
this year’s Warbirds Over Wanaka
airshow in New Zealand.
A SPECIAL SERIES OF FEATURES CELEBRATING BRITAIN’S
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE RISE OF POST-WAR
JET POWER.
TRAIL OF THE COMET
50
SCIMITAR BLADE
Due to its high loss rate, the history
of the Supermarine Scimitar is often
overlooked. Tony Buttler looks back.
62
Museums – Australia
Scott Lester visits the Aviation
Heritage Museum in Bull Creek,
Western Australia.
42
Ken Ellis outlines the career of test
pilot ‘Bill’ Waterton, a key player in
preparing the powerful and complex
Gloster Javelin for RAF service.
TESTING THE JAVELIN
58
VAMPIRE FLIGHT
Photographer Neil Hutchinson
goes air-to-air with the Vampire
Preservation Group’s superb
T.11 WZ507.
92
From The Workshop
The latest restoration news from
the RAF Cosford Museum’s Michael
Beetham Conservation Centre is
detailed by Nigel Price.
98
A portfolio of 1930s images from
Liverpool’s original airport at Speke.
Glory Days
108 FlyPost
Readers’ letters.
110 Pilot’s Perspective
Our resident warbird pilot Dave
Unwin samples the Focke-Wulf
Fw 44 Stieglitz.
120 For Valour
Great War pilot William Rhodes-
Moorhouse
VC
is profiled by
Graham Pitchfork.
130 Finals
Douglas C-47 Skytrain.
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1918
2018
RAF 100
80
Graham Pitchfork sheds further
light on the RAF’s record-breaking
long-distance expeditions of the
1920s and 1930s.
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We mark the Royal Air Force’s centenary year with a series of features celebrating the
service’s history and achievements.
70
Hurricanes
over Malta
Long range
Anthony Rogers describes the
gallant stand of 261 Squadron’s
Hurricanes in Malta.
78
Andy Hay presents artwork of a
Vickers Wellesley light bomber that
broke a flying distance record.
In pro le
88
Irish Wessex
Steven Taylor assesses 72
Squadron’s three decades of
operations in Northern Ireland.

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