70th anniversary of the Dambusters raid

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http://news.sky.com/story/1091537/dambu ... nniversary

watch the video, there are 2 tonka's with 617 special tail paint, i painted ZA412 does anyone know the other jets number ?
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S'more excellent videos and pic's here .
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -raid.html
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Gibson 1 & 2 Showing as ZA404 / 013
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thx Mark i will add the new paint now 8)
both ZA412 and ZA404 can now be downloaded from my downloads 2 page :lol:
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Sorry guys, but the information on the serials appears incorrect.

According to F.C. the 2 special marked 617 birds are;

ZA412 and ZA492

http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/v ... 92#p494873
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The MoD have released some superb footage of the Derwent Dam flyover(s). Of particular interest is the view from the the nose turret of the Lancaster;

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e68_1368746772
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Stewart Pearson wrote:Sorry guys, but the information on the serials appears incorrect.

According to F.C. the 2 special marked 617 birds are;

ZA412 and ZA492

http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/v ... 92#p494873

Lol...that's we're I got my info from too, must of been two different threads with two different pieces of info.
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campbeme wrote:Lol...that's we're I got my info from too, must of been two different threads with two different pieces of info.
If you look down the page on the link I posted, you'll see ZA404 (Vandal 2) was snapped on the same day. :wink:
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Stewart Pearson wrote:Sorry guys, but the information on the serials appears incorrect.

According to F.C. the 2 special marked 617 birds are;

ZA412 and ZA492

http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/v ... 92#p494873
oh well back to the paint shop :cry: i will correct these tonight thx Stew
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Sorry Ray - I only noticed after you'd done the paints. :oops:
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Stewart Pearson wrote:Sorry Ray - I only noticed after you'd done the paints. :oops:
no problem Stew, i'm glad you noticed and posted it.
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