Which raf base did the dambusters fly from?
Number 617 Squadron is a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron, originally based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire and currently based at RAF Marham in Norfolk. It is commonly known as the "Dambusters", for its actions during Operation Chastise against German dams during the Second World War. In the early 21st century it operated the Tornado GR4 in the ground attack and reconnaissance role until being disbanded in early 2014. The squadron reformed on 18 April 2018, and was equipped at RAF Marham in June 2018 with the F-35B Lightning, becoming the UK's first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) squadron with this advanced V/STOL type.
Which RAF base did the real Dambusters originally fly from?
RAF Scampton
No. 617 Squadron RAF
While RAF Scampton, where the real raid launched, was used for some scenes, the principal airfield used for ground location shooting was RAF Hemswell, a few miles north and still an operational RAF station at the time of filming. Guy Gibson had been based at Hemswell in his final posting and the airfield had been an operational Avro Lancaster base during the war. At the time filming took place it was then home to No. 109 Squadron and No. 139 Squadron RAF, which were both operating English Electric Canberras on electronic countermeasures and nuclear air sampling missions over hydrogen bomb test sites in the Pacific and Australia. However, part of the RAF's fleet of ageing Avro Lincolns had been mothballed at Hemswell prior to being broken up and several of these static aircraft appeared in background shots during filming, doubling for additional No 617 Squadron Lancasters. The station headquarters building still stands on what is now an industrial estate and is named Gibson House. The four wartime hangars also still stand, little changed in external appearance since the war.
In the movie The Dam Busters, which RAF base did most of the Dambusters fly from during filming?
RAF Hemswell
The Dam Busters (film)
Number 617 Squadron is a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron, originally based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire and currently based at RAF Marham in Norfolk. It is commonly known as the "Dambusters", for its actions during Operation Chastise against German dams during the Second World War. In the early 21st century it operated the Tornado GR4 in the ground attack and reconnaissance role until being disbanded in early 2014. The squadron reformed on 18 April 2018, and was equipped at RAF Marham in June 2018 with the F-35B Lightning, becoming the UK's first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) squadron with this advanced V/STOL type.
In the movie The Dam Busters, which RAF was it said that the Dambusters flew from?
RAF Scampton
No. 617 Squadron RAF
The Dam Busters (film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Dam%20Busters%20%28film%29
No. 617 Squadron RAF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No.%20617%20Squadron%20RAF
Operation Chastise
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Chastise
The Dam Busters is a 1955 British epic war film starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave.
The Dam Busters (film)
The real RAF squadron Number 617, known as the "Dambusters" for its actions during Operation Chastise against German dams during the Second World War, was based at RAF Scampton. In the 1955 epic war film The Dam Busters, some scenes were shot there at RAF Scampton, but the principal airfield used for ground location shooting was RAF Hemswell, a few miles north and still an operational RAF station at the time of filming.