Operation Chastise - Mug CF-105 Republic F-84 Thunderjet

Republic F-84 Thunderjet

"BIFF" or the Bristol F2 Fighter was a two seat fighter and reconnaissance bi-plane used by the Royal Flying Corps from 1917 and then by 1918 the Royal Air Force had over 1500 F2Bs in service

Avro was formed in 1910 in Manchester by Alliott Verdon Roe

was formed by Edgar Percival in 1933

In 1960 Fairey merged with Westland Aircraft

Operation Chastise - Mug CF-105 Republic F-84 ThunderjetOperation Chastise Dambusters Raid On the 16 17th May 1943, 617 Squadron carried out an attack on the Rhur Dams using the famous bouncing bomb. Squadron X from No. 5 Group RAF became 617 under the command of Wing Commander Guy Gibson with crews made up of many nationalities including the Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal New Zealand Air Force. The graphic features deliberate torn edges.