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Index
Dedication
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Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Forewords
Introduction
CHAPTER ONE - Enter the Leading Man
March 1943; a concept takes shape and 617 Squadron forms as the Ruhr offensive gathers pace
CHAPTER TWO - The Cast Assembles
From every corner of the world they come
CHAPTER THREE - Harris the Impresario
CHAPTER FOUR - Rehearsals
Training for the performance, while trials of the props continue back stage
CHAPTER FIVE - Opening Night Act One
The attack on the Möhne Dam and the first attempt on the Sorpe
Order of Battle
CHAPTER SIX - Opening Night Act Two
The Eder and Sorpe dams
CHAPTER SEVEN - Fresh Blood and a New Leading Man
Rebuilding. 1943 June to August. The Ruhr campaign ends. Hamburg, Italy and Peenemünde
CHAPTER EIGHT - Black Thursday
The Dortmund-Ems canal
CHAPTER NINE - Stagehands, The Unsung Heroes Who Served Behind The Scenes
‘The Merlin Man’ by Andy Lee LAC Basil ‘BAZ’ Pearson 870794, 617 Squadron A Flight & R&I Section 1943—1945
CHAPTER TEN - A Man For All Seasons
Rebuilding again, Cheshire arrives, Berlin, the winter campaign
CHAPTER ELEVEN - A New Production, a New Role
In pursuit of precision while the winter campaign continues
CHAPTER TWELVE - Supporting The Group
April and May; preparing for invasion
CHAPTER THIRTEEN - The Summer of ‘44
Taxable and Tallboy, Flying bombs, railways, oil and tactical support
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - Life, and Sometimes Death, at Woodhall Spa
CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Matters Maritime Continue
The Command revisits Germany
CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Tirpitz
The liberation of French ports
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - War Crime
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - Tirpitz Rounds Two and Three
A hurricane devastates the Ruhr
CHAPTER NINETEEN - On The Other Side of The Hill
CHAPTER TWENTY - The Final Winter
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - Earthquake
1945; the end in sight, new leadership, Grand Slam. Germany is pounded to destruction
APPENDIX A - Roll of Honour
APPENDIX B - Stations, Commanding Officers, Aircraft and Aircrew Killed
APPENDIX C - Operational Records
APPENDIX D - Table of Statistics
APPENDIX E - Aircraft Histories
Key to Abbreviations
Bibliography
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