Model Dam Busters' Lancaster
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Model Dam Busters' Lancaster
Image: © The Carlisle Kid Taken: 17 Jun 2013
On display in the Reculver Visitors Centre, this looks to be the old Revell kit rather than the new Airfix model. The model represent aircraft AJ-P of 617 Squadron, flown by FtLt Mick Martin and used to attack the Mohne Dam. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise
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