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The Night Awaits by Keith Woodcock. - Cranston Military Prints

The Night Awaits by Keith Woodcock.


The Night Awaits by Keith Woodcock.

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Item Code : DHM1446The Night Awaits by Keith Woodcock. - Editions AvailableExtra....

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Knights, Bob

Died : 2004
Flt Lieutenant Bob Knights DSO, DFC (deceased)
A member of the elite 617 Dambusters squadron, Bob Knights had a key role on the night before D-Day. With the rest of the squadron he flew on Operation Taxable which simulated the approach of the invasion across the Pas de Calais by dropping metal strips of window to a very precise pattern. The enemy was completely deceived and kept most of their best troops on the wrong side of the Seine. Bob Knights had already flown a full operational tour with 619 Squadron Lancasters, including eight trips
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On 12th November 1944, the mighty Tirpitz was finally destroyed by a combined force of Lancasters from No 9 and No 617 Squadrons. LM220, an aircraft of 9 Sqn is shown here making its run toward the target at approximately 09.40 hours on that fateful day.

Raid on the Tirpitz by Ivan Berryman. 		Avro Lancaster AJ-P of Flt. Lt. Martin 617 Squadron releases the bomb that successfully breaches the Mohne dam. In the foreground the electrical substation is burning from a previous attack by Flt.Lt. Hopgood.

GONER 58A, Mohne Dam, Germany, 17th May 1943 by David Pentland. 		The image shows Lancaster AJ-M attacking the Mohne dam. Alongside is the portrait of AJ-M pilot Flt Lt J V Hopgood. The second aircraft to attack the target, the aircraft was hit by flak, and its bomb bounced over the dam. Caught in the blast from its own bomb, the aircraft crashed soon after passing over the dam, with just two of the crew surviving.<br><br><b>Crew of <i>M for Mother</i> :</b><br><br>Pilot : Flt Lt J V Hopgood<br>Flight Engineer : Sgt C Brennan<br>Navigator : Flg Off K Earnshaw<br>Wireless Operator : Sgt J W Minchin<br>Bomb Aimer : Sgt J W Fraser <i>(survived)</i><br>Front Gunner : Plt Off G H F G Gregory<br>Rear Gunner : Plt Off A F Burcher <i>(survived)</i>.

Tribute to the 617 Sqn Dambusters Crew of Lancaster AJ-M by David Pentland. 		Lancaster AJ-T of No.617 Sqn being towed by tractor to its dispersal slot by a Women's Auxiliary Air Force driver at Scampton, May 1943, in preparation for Operation Chastise.

Tractor Girl by David Pentland.
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Flt Lieutenant Bob Knights DSO, DFC (deceased)
Died : 2004
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Knights, Bob
(Flt Lieutenant Bob Knights DSO, DFC (deceased))

A member of the elite 617 Dambusters squadron, Bob Knights had a key role on the night before D-Day. With the rest of the squadron he flew on Operation Taxable which simulated the approach of the invasion across the Pas de Calais by dropping metal strips of window to a very precise pattern. The enemy was completely deceived and kept most of their best troops on the wrong side of the Seine. Bob Knights had already flown a full operational tour with 619 Squadron Lancasters, including eight trips to Berlin, before volunteering for 617 Squadron. Under Cheshire he flew on some of the squadrons most challenging precision operations and later under Willie Tait took part in the attack that finally destroyed the Tirpitz. Seconded to BOAC in December 1944 he stayed with the airline after the war for a 30 year long career. He died 4th December 2004.
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