Good effort Gray but some of your answers are not what we're looking for I'm afraid......

Regards

Alan

Q1
(a ) Tuesday July 26th 1938 at a meeting chaired by Air Vice Marshall W. Sholto Douglas, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff

(b) paper 16

Q2
(a) upkeep

(b) 120 total with 60 of these used for practice

(c) lifting the tail of the Lancaster into the air by 10 ton Coles crane and then wheeling the bomb on its trolley in from the rear.

(d) Torpex

Q3
(a) At 21:28 hours the first aircraft of the second wave (AJ-E) started its take off run. As the second wave was taking a northerly route to the targets they had a longer flight path and consequently left the ground before the first wave.

(b) Munro's aircraft lost its radio to flak and turned back over the IJsselmeer

(c) 1 - four of the five aircraft that made up the second wave never made it to the Sorpe. American Flight Lieutenant Joe McCarthy flying AJ-T did make it however, despite the delay caused by the swap to the reserve aircraft. The bombs were not spun up.

(d) Rice finds it hard to judge the height of the Lancaster. His flight engineer is just about to warn him that the altimeter is showing zero when there is a violent bang. The Upkeep hanging underneath hits the water and is ripped out of the bomb bay, smashing into the tail-wheel and sending the wreckage up into the plane’s Elsan chemical toilet. ‘Christ! It’s wet back here!’ rear gunner Stephen Burns shouts, almost drowning in the seawater and chemicals from the toilet filling his turret as the aircraft climbs steeply.

Q4
(a) (G) suffix codes meaning that when on the ground they were to be guarded by an armed guard at all times.

(b) Military Power, 1,240 horsepower at 3,000 r.p.m. at 11,000 feet (3,353 meters); and 1,300 horsepower at 3,000 horsepower with 54.3 inches of manifold pressure (1.84 Bar) for Takeoff. so 4960hp at 11,000 ft

(c) fitting of front gunner stirrups to keep his feet out of the bomb aimers face


Q5
(a) In January 1944 the Squadron moved to Woodhall Spa possibly to give them greater security and 619 squadron which had been based at Woodhall replaced them at Conningsby

(b) The airfield was also known as Brattleby and Brattleby Cliff

(c) 4 March 1945
The No. 617 Squadron RAF Avro Lancaster of Squadron Leader CC Calder dropped the first Grand Slam bomb from 11,965 ft (3,647 m) on the Schildesche viaduct.[14] A large section of the Bielefeld viaduct collapsed

Q6
(a) Mk.III "Dambuster" and Mk.I "Grand Slam Bomber"

(b) 5 figures

(c) Parts for two Merlin engines are included

Oh beggar, was pretty sure I was on the money! Would be nice to know what I got wrong? And what happens now to the prize with no winner?

Thanks Rich.

Congratulations on getting the most answers correct well done Derek . Hope to see what you make of her

Regards Gray

Well done Del enjoy

Well done Derek

Mark

Congratulations Derek it's a great prize and well done Alan for some great questions.

Al

Wow,

That was a tough one. Reminds me of my school day exams " Read the question fully and make sure you answer all parts to get maximum marks".

Amazing that`s still in my head 45 years later but still made one slip-up. DOH

Many thanks for all the Congrats and thanks also to Alan for setting a great set of questions.

Regards
delboy271155
(Derek)

Well done Derek, I looked at the questions and just didn't have a clue, or where to look.

Congratulations

Chris

The date is not the issue here even though two differing dates appear on the website. The question asked for the name of the airfield they flew from and what did it help to destroy. You failed to name the airfield in your answer.

As for the word casualty, I think the answer I've already given makes it clear...

Regards

Alan