Corgi Aviation AA32612 AVRO LANCASTER MKIII (Special) ,Guy Gibson, 617 Sqn RARE

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Corgi Aviation 1:72, AA32612 ARVO LANCASTER MKIII (Special )AJ-G, ED932, Wing Commander Guy Gibson,617 Squadron, The Dambusters, 16/17th May 1943.Lights & sounds come from the base, to give realistic visual effects of this model attacking the Dam.The music played by the base, is from the Dambusters film. Certificate Number 1017 of 1260 . Operation Chastise was an attack on German dams carried out on 16–17 May 1943 by the Royal Air Force , using a specially developed " bouncing bomb " invented and developed by Barmes Wallis . The operation was given to No. 5 Group RAF which formed a new squadron to undertake the dams mission. It was initially called Squadron "X", as the speed of its formation outstripped the RAF process for naming squadrons. It became No.617 Squadron, subsequently known as the "Dambusters" . Led by 24 year-old Wing Commander Guy Gibson, a veteran of over 170 bombing and night-fighter missions, 21 bomber crews were selected from existing squadrons in 5 Group. These crews included RAF personnel of several different nationalities, as well as members of the Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ), Royal Canadian Air Force ( RCAF ) and Royal New Zealand Air Force ( RNZAF ), who were frequently attached to RAF squadrons under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan .The squadron was based at RAF Scampton, about 5 miles read more

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