On Sunday the sun shone, so we zoomed down to Liverpool to see the 70th
anniversary commemoration of the
Battle of the Atlantic in WW". There were
lots of displays by the armed forces along the waterfront, but the
highlight for me was the
Battle of the Mersey.
A group of
'pirates' captured
the historic tugboat Brocklebank. Royal Navy patrol vessels and landing
craft sped to the rescue, and commandos from HM Royal Marines boarded
the captured ship from a Sea King helicopter.It was good to see the Merseyside Maritime Museum's
Brocklebank being put through her paces - even the Mersey ferryboats got in on the action! Then there was a flypast from a Spitfire and Hurricane from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - very exciting!
Photos © Sue Wilkes: The 'Battle of the Mersey' and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flypast at Liverpool on 25 May.
STOP PRESS!
TheGenealogist.co.uk's latest addition to their online records is the Operations Record Book for 'Operation Chastise' undertaken by the brave men of 617 Squadron - the famous '
Dambusters' raid. The squadron was based at RAF Scampton. The new records release is a fabulous resource if you have ancestors who served on this historic raid: sadly, 53 air crew died during the mission.
Update 27 August 2013: Images of all the Dambuster crews have
just been released.
Images courtesy TheGenealogist.co.uk show a
Lancaster bomber (built in
Lancashire) and one of the crews which took part in the Dambusters raid (crew of Lancaster bomber ED285/AJ-T).
A group of 'pirates' captured
the historic tugboat Brocklebank. Royal Navy patrol vessels and landing
craft sped to the rescue, and commandos from HM Royal Marines boarded
the captured ship from a Sea King helicopter.It was good to see the Merseyside Maritime Museum's Brocklebank being put through her paces - even the Mersey ferryboats got in on the action! Then there was a flypast from a Spitfire and Hurricane from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - very exciting!
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