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GeoffQRF

17 May 2013 1:42 a.m. PST

A daring World War II night time raid on three dams in the early hours of 17 May 1943 immortalised the RAF's 617 Squadron as the "Dambusters". These are the men who took part in the perilous mission: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22544568

Lancaster bomber crews consisted of seven members: pilot, flight engineer, bomb aimer, rear gunner, front gunner, navigator and the wireless operator. Each of the Dambusters aircraft had its own call sign starting AJ. Guy Gibson's plane, for example, was "AJ-G for George". When a plane was shot down, or crashed, it was usually fatal for all the crew and so on the image above you will see those killed mostly appear in groups of seven.

If you have photographs of the men shown in silhouette that you would like to share then please contact us at: NewsInteractiveSpecials@bbc.co.uk

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