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cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | Posted at 20:43 on 21st August 2011 He was also the Author of the Dam Busters |
Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | Posted at 20:49 on 21st August 2011 i need a definitive answer but as requested earlier with a number, the name of the leader and the name they became known as, so you are very close |
cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | Posted at 21:04 on 21st August 2011 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson (and later by Leonard Cheshire) the special unit became known as the Dam Busters after their precision flying over the Dams in the Ruhr Valley in Germany! |
James Prescott Posts: 25952 Joined: 11th Jan 2010 Location: UK | Posted at 21:05 on 21st August 2011 if its the dambusters the leader was guy gibson i think the number was 517 cant think anything else. |
Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | Posted at 21:07 on 21st August 2011 Cathy obviously got it earlier,and by the looks of that complete answe GOOGLE gave her a hand!!!! but i had to stick to my original request.....pedantic, me???? Can be..... over to you Cathy..... |
James Prescott Posts: 25952 Joined: 11th Jan 2010 Location: UK | Posted at 21:10 on 21st August 2011 now for it --another cathy saga |
cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | Posted at 21:20 on 21st August 2011 Lol! There's always google. But I used the Bouncing Bomb earlier in Quizzy so I had read up a bit on the Dam Busters!! Ok............. Lets try this without Google to start with Who was named the Briton who best exemplified the spirit of the 20th Century in 2000? |
James Prescott Posts: 25952 Joined: 11th Jan 2010 Location: UK | Posted at 21:26 on 21st August 2011 not a clue pass |
Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | Posted at 07:14 on 22nd August 2011 male or female??? |
cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | Posted at 07:38 on 22nd August 2011 Female |