Enemy Coast Ahead - The Dambusters by Philip West. SHN97 and the allied VII Corps

and the allied VII Corps had wheeled through southern Iraq towards the Kuwait border

Recce Tornados were tasked to fly deep-penetration low-level missions at night into Iraq and the Kuwait Theatre of Operations

and on that day over 2000 American bombers climbed into the cold air and headed for the battlefields

Pathfinder Mosquitoes begin to transit east from their bases on yet another dangerous night-time mission over enemy territory

and assumed command of 3 Staffel on the 26th of that month

Enemy Coast Ahead - The Dambusters by Philip West. SHN97 and the allied VII CorpsDHM2643. Enemy Coast Ahead The Dambusters by Philip West. Lancasters of 617 Squadron, led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson begin their low level cross channel dash towards the enemy coast on the way to the heart of the Ruhr. The aircraft were arranged in three waves. The first wave comprised three groups of three aircraft at 10 minute intervals and headed towards the Mohne, Sorpe and Eder dams. The second wave of five Lancasters headed direct to the Sorpe