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Michael Redgrave as Barnes Wallis in the Dam Busters film
Barnes Wallis, the inventor of the bouncing bomb, was played by Michael Redgrave in the 1955 film The Dam Busters. Barnes' daughter Mary, tells us more.
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RAF Scampton: home of the Dambusters
RAF Scampton, just a few miles north of Lincoln, was already the home of 57 Squadron and then became the home of 617 Squadron as they geared up for the Dambusters raid.
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Spectacular dinner begins Dambusters raid anniversary commemorations
A spectacular dinner in London hosted by the April Fools Club marked the start of a year-long fundraising campaign to raise £1million for the RAF Benevolent Fund.
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Bomber Command's key role in D-Day
In an exclusive extract from the memoirs of the late Dambusters pilot Les Munro, he tells the story of the confusion created by brave Lancaster pilots who, flying without cover, created the impression the Allied Forces were attacking a different region of France.
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In tribute to Les Munro
The RAF Benevolent Fund is saddened to hear of the death of Les Munro, the last surviving Dambusters pilot.
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Hopgood's Courageous Run
Artist Simon Atack's painting 'Hopgood's Courageous Run' depicts the Lancaster piloted by Flight Lieutenant John 'Hoppy' Hopgood as he made his attack on the Möhne Dam on 16 and 17 May 1943 as part of the daring Dambusters raid.
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Researching the Dambusters raid
John Sweetman is the author of the recently published book, The Dambusters Experience. Learn about his research into the history of Operation Chastise.
