This image is a digitized photograph of Air Vice-Marshal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Cochrane" class="extiw" title="en:Ralph Cochrane">Ralph Cochrane</a>, Wing Commander <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Gibson" class="extiw" title="en:Guy Gibson">Guy Gibson</a>, King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_VI_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="extiw" title="en:George VI of the United Kingdom">George VI</a> and Group Captain <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whitworth" class="extiw" title="en:John Whitworth">John Whitworth</a> discussing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise" class="extiw" title="en:Operation Chastise">'Dambusters Raid'</a> in May 1943.  The image was taken from <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Whitworth_JNH.htm">http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Whitworth_JNH.htm</a> where it was marked as Crown Copyright. As this photograph is more than 50 years old it is now in the public domain.
I have made some minor digital alterations to to photograph. I release my changes to the public domain.
Hensser (F/O), Royal Air Force official photographer
World War II
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<td>This photograph <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=CH+9924">CH 9924</a> comes from the collections of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/">Imperial War Museums</a>.
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Transferred from <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org">en.wikipedia</a></span> to Commons.  Original uploader was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Greenshed" class="extiw" title="en:User:Greenshed">Greenshed</a> at <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org">en.wikipedia</a>  16 March 2007 (original upload date)