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The Dambusters - Derwent Valley Dam (Read 695 times)
Feb 14th, 2011 at 7:24am

waspiflab   Offline
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Derwent Valley Dam in Derbyshire used by the Dambusters to practise for their famous raid on the Ruhr dams.

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A Video I took
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Reply #1 - Feb 14th, 2011 at 8:34am

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They certainly chose a doppelgänger. As I opened the thread, for a split second I thought you had included a picture of the Mohne Dam, a place I walk the dog from time to time.

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Reply #2 - Feb 14th, 2011 at 9:57am

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I have some lovely snaps of me as a young serviceman on the Mohne dam Cool
 

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Reply #3 - Feb 14th, 2011 at 11:17am

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ozzy72 wrote on Feb 14th, 2011 at 9:57am:
I have some lovely snaps of me as a young serviceman on the Mohne dam Cool


That would have been when Pontius was a pilot Grin

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Reply #4 - Feb 14th, 2011 at 11:20am

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Very impressive.
 

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Reply #5 - Feb 14th, 2011 at 3:47pm

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Well done... Wink

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Reply #6 - Feb 15th, 2011 at 2:45pm

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Matt, I might have a few grey hairs but I'm not that ancient!!!!
 

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Reply #7 - Feb 24th, 2011 at 10:45pm

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