THE LOST DAMBUSTER LANCASTER:THE STORY OF 617 SQUADRON’S ATTACK ON HITLER’S V2 ROCKET SITE
Book ID/图书代码： 10567026C00011
English Summary/英文概要： In the late afternoon of 24 June 1944, eighteen aircraft from 617 Squadron, led to fame by Wing Commander Guy Gibson during the attack on the dams raid in May 1943, took off from their base at Woodhall Spa. Their target was the vast V2 rocket site at Wizernes in the Pas de Calais. Known today as La Coupole, this bunker complex had been built to serve as a reinforced launch site for the V2s that Hitler hoped would terrorise the British population.
Once their target had been marked, the Lancasters dropped Tallboy bombs. Bomb bursts were recorded all around the target. The Dambusters, however, did not go unchallenged. One of the attackers, Lancaster DV403, flown by Flight Lieutenant John Edward DFC and coded KC-G, was hit by flak. The flight engineer, Flying Officer W.J. King DFC, died instantly. One of the Lancaster’s engines stuttered and the aircraft began to burn.
Edward valiantly tried to hold course long enough for the rest of the crew to answer the ‘Abracadabra’ call to bale out. A Resistance worker saw crew members falling ‘like candles’ below their parachutes.
Moments later DV403 hit the growing crops in nearby French fields. The Lancaster carried, unusually, eight crew. The pilot, engineer, and all three gunners were dead.
In the chaos of the moment, the courage of one member of the French Resistance, surveyor André Schamp, stood out. He assisted a wounded crewman, while also checking for other survivors.
The story of DV403 has been recently honoured in France on the 80th anniversary, with an exhibition, lectures and a wayside interpretation board compiled by the authors, who have encouraged strong involvement of crewmen’s families in the evolving narrative. This is the story of their fate that night, as well as of 617 Squadron’s attack on the V2 site as a whole.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1944年6月24日傍晚，由盖伊·吉布森联队指挥官（其在1943年5月水坝突袭中带领617中队一举成名）率领的18架战机，从伍德霍尔温泉基地起飞。他们的目标是加莱海峡省维泽讷庞大的V2火箭基地，如今被称为“圆顶堡垒”的这座地堡建筑群，曾被设计为V2火箭的强化发射场，希特勒企图借此恐吓英国民众。
目标被标示后，兰开斯特轰炸机投下了“高脚柜”炸弹。爆炸记录显示打击覆盖目标区域。然而，“水坝克星”们并非毫发无伤：其中一架攻击机，由荣获优异飞行十字勋章的约翰·爱德华上尉驾驶、编号为KC-G的兰开斯特DV403，被防空炮火击中。机上机械师、荣获优异飞行十字勋章的W·J·金上尉当场阵亡。一架发动机骤停，战机开始燃烧。
爱德华英勇地竭力保持航向，为机组其他成员响应“紧急跳伞”呼叫争取时间。一名抵抗组织成员目睹机组人员如“烛火般”在降落伞下飘落。
片刻之后，DV403坠毁在附近法国农田的茂密作物中。这架兰开斯特异常搭载了八名机组成员。飞行员、机械师及三名炮手全部罹难。
在当时的混乱中，法国抵抗组织成员、测绘员安德烈·尚普的勇气格外耀眼。他救助了一名受伤的机组成员，同时搜寻其他幸存者。DV403的故事在法国近期举办的80周年纪念活动中获得隆重纪念，包括展览、讲座以及由本书作者编撰的路边解说牌。作者们积极鼓励机组成员家属参与这段不断丰富的叙事。本书既讲述了那晚他们的命运，也完整记录了617中队对V2基地的整个突击行动。(ZY)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 特雷弗·克里耗时十年深入研究DV403的故事，并与全国各地的航空、历史和老年大学团体进行交流。他曾担任英国皇家航空学会克兰威尔分会的秘书长和副主席。作为一名在国际上享有声誉的教育学家，他曾担任林肯大学和格罗塞斯特主教大学的教授职务，同时也是英国皇家圣乔治学会的成员。
加埃唐·萨戈是一位业余历史学者，其家族根源可追溯至勒兰甘地区。他深入研究了曾对DV403坠机幸存者实施急救的抵抗组织成员安德烈·尚普的生平，并策划了多次地方历史展览。2024年，他组织了纪念DV403坠机事件80周年的活动，并在坠机遗址设立了解说牌。
TREVOR KERRY has researched DV403’s story for ten years, and talked to aeronautics, history, and U3A groups nationwide. He was Branch Secretary and Deputy Chairman of the Royal Aeronautical Society, RAF Cranwell. An internationally published educationist, with professorial appointments at Lincoln and Bishop Grosseteste Universities, he is a member of the Royal Society of St George.
GAËTAN SAGOT is an amateur historian, with his roots in Leulinghem. He has studied the life of resistance worker André Schamp, who gave first aid to survivors of DV403’s crash. Gaëtan curated local history exhibitions. In 2024, he organised an 80th anniversary event concerning the DV403 crash and the installation of an interpretation board at the crash site.
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