Dambusters

H Searby, Guy Gibson and Squadron Leader P Ward-Hunt
H Searby, Guy Gibson and Squadron Leader P Ward-Hunt

Guy Gibson (centre) was posted on 21 March 1943 to command the newly-formed No. 617 Squadron RAF at Scampton, Lincolnshire
Rehearsals at Reculver bombing range
Rehearsals at Reculver bombing range

617 Squadron practise dropping the 'Upkeep' weapon at Reculver bombing range. Dr Barnes Wallis is on the extreme left of the group.
Operation Chastise
Operation Chastise

Wing Commander Guy Gibson (in door of aircraft) and his crew board their Avro Lancaster bomber for No. 617 Squadron's raid on the Ruhr Dams, 16 May 1943.
Breach in the Mohne Dam
Breach in the Mohne Dam

Aerial reconnaissance (vertical) photograph showing the breach in the Mohne Dam caused by No 617 Squadron, Royal Air Force's raid on 16 May 1943.
Morning of 17 May 1943
Morning of 17 May 1943

Surviving members of 617 Squadron (except those who had gone to bed) stand at the entrance of the Officers' Mess at Scampton, Lincolnshire, after breakfast

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badge, trade, Canadian, half-wing Air Gunner, Royal Canadian Air Force & RCAF

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INS 727

Materials

textile

Dimensions

general: Height 53 mm
general: Width 93 mm
general: Depth 2 mm

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FULL NAME: badge, trade, Canadian, half-wing Air Gunner, Royal Canadian Air Force & RCAF
SIMPLE NAME: badge, trade, Canadian

Object Type

trade badge

Category

uniforms and insignia

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Label

Second pattern (curved wing) Air Gunner's half-wing badge belonging to Flight Sergeant Burrows, Royal Canadian Air Force. Flight Sergeant Burrows was killed in action in November 1944 while serving with 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

History note

Flight Sergeant Burrows, who was killed in action in November 1944 while serving with 51 Squadron, RAF. ref. Carroll, 'Eagles Recalled', p. 116.

Physical description

embroidered cloth badge black bearing a half-wing (diagonal: 103 mm) with the letters 'AG' in the centre enclosed by a brown laurel wreath. Initials 'RCAF' underneath and a King's crown (in red and white) above, with white sixteen feathered wing to the right.

Embroidered

AG RCAF

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