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Beck Parsons | Corporal Beck Parsons Vital to the whole Dambusters operation was the complete dedication by the ground crew of 617 Squadron. Personified by Beck Parsons. Joining the RAF in 1940, he trained as an electrician and worked with Avro Manchesters with 207 Squadron at Waddington. In March 1943 he was posted to 617 Squadron at Scampton where he flew with Barnes Wallis during the tests on the bouncing bomb. As Electrical NCO Beck was responsible for the electrics on B flight at the time of the raid, together with Top Maintenance on five of the Lancasters, including those of Guy Gibson and Mick Martin. |
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| Dambusters - The Impossible Mission by Robert Taylor. (AP) SOLD OUT | Dinghy Young, flying Lancaster AJ-A, heading through flak and machine gun fire towards the Mohne Dam at precisely 60ft, has just released his cylindrical, hydrostatically-triggered bouncing bomb - clearly visible against the huge splash created as i...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Dambusters - The Impossible Mission by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | Dinghy Young, flying Lancaster AJ-A, heading through flak and machine gun fire towards the Mohne Dam at precisely 60ft, has just released his cylindrical, hydrostatically-triggered bouncing bomb - clearly visible against the huge splash created as i...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Dambusters - The Impossible Mission by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | Dinghy Young, flying Lancaster AJ-A, heading through flak and machine gun fire towards the Mohne Dam at precisely 60ft, has just released his cylindrical, hydrostatically-triggered bouncing bomb - clearly visible against the huge splash created as it...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Dambusters - The Impossible Mission by Robert Taylor. (D) SOLD OUT | SOLD OUT. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
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