80 years on

The night of 16/17 May 1943 was the night of the famous Dambuster raid during which a low level mission by Avro Lancaster bombers of the RAF destroyed the Mohne and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley. None of the original aircraft have survived and the last crew member George 'Johnny' Johnson passed away six months ago. However, the memories of the bravery of the mission and the lives lost live on and so, to mark the 80th anniversary, here are a few Lancaster related images from my travels.