Flypast for Dambusters anniversary

A service and fly-past is being held to mark the 65th anniversary of the Dambusters.

A giant Lancaster bomber - similar to the one used by the RAF's 617 Squadron to successfully bomb two German dams in 1943 - will fly three times over the Derwent reservoir and dam in Derbyshire as part of the anniversary commemorations.

The reservoir was used by the Dambusters to train ahead of their mission to destroy three dams in Germany's Ruhr valley.

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