Dambusters are Back

Reforming after a 4 year break...

The legendary 617 Squadron - originally created using Lancasters in the Second World War for Operation Chastise, the daring bouncing bomb raids on the Ruhr Valley - was controversially scrapped in 2014 when it was flying Tornado bombers.

But it was today handed a second lease of life as the home of the first batch of F35 Lightning II warplanes.

I found 617 to be a Marmite Sqn at Lossie...Some were besotted whilst others would tell you of numbers of affronts to fairness committed by them because they were '617' (better treatment etc). Often refereed to by the latter as '6-spit-7'

Thoughts? Memories?

 

[rocket scientist]

Memories of them at Marham thinking their sh!t smelled better than everybody elses, but particularly of a WO Goodlad who everybody knew on station for his grumpiness.

If I remember correctly, he'd come from 9 Sqn at Bruggen and kept comparing 617 to his old Sqn so the lineys decided to change the "welcome" sign by painting a bat on it.

 

[Barch]

Memories of them at Marham thinking their sh!t smelled better than everybody elses, but particularly of a WO Goodlad who everybody knew on station for his grumpiness.

If I remember correctly, he'd come from 9 Sqn at Bruggen and kept comparing 617 to his old Sqn so the lineys decided to change the "welcome" sign by painting a bat on it.

Nicknamed "Darth Vader" on IX at Honington. About the only person I can remember that got on with him was his Rects Controller (Arn** B****aw) nicknamed "Mahatma" because he wore his beret all the time inside the sqn HPS.

 

[ninjarabbi]

Might one ask what exactly they're reforming with? I know it's allegedly going to be the new Yank a/c but as far as I'm aware they haven't got any (out side of America). Will they all sit twiddling their thumbs and pretending to have some aircraft?

 

[Barch]

Might one ask what exactly they're reforming with? I know it's allegedly going to be the new Yank a/c but as far as I'm aware they haven't got any (out side of America). Will they all sit twiddling their thumbs and pretending to have some aircraft?

The growbags are in the USA on the OCU course, I would imagine the groundcrew are building tool kits.

 

[Penguins Suck]

Listen in yous lot, thems Dampdusters bloks has got sum nervs. For years ago Is was in thems Lossie Naafi bop with mines fat waf. As I was busting sum serious moovs on thems dance floor and looking like a better lookin Jon Travelator Thems dampbusters was chatting up mines waf ands to make matters worse thems loafed at mines diamund wites.

Is wasnt havin that, so Is took them dampbusters outside and Is snapped all thems spines and the one who's laffed at mines diamund wites I stamped on his kidnees as well..

Is then got mines saxo and ran overs them all. Is reed a week laters that thems dampbusters had been disbanded, I dont think it's cos I had them all. Thems raf coppers blocks didn't comes and arrest me for a change eyther, instead them bort me some diamund wites for a jobs well done.

If thems thinks them going to chat mines fat waf up again, thems better remember wot happened last time.

 

[ninjarabbi]

Listen in yous lot, thems Dampdusters bloks has got sum nervs. For years ago Is was in thems Lossie Naafi bop with mines fat waf. As I was busting sum serious moovs on thems dance floor and looking like a better lookin Jon Travelator Thems dampbusters was chatting up mines waf ands to make matters worse thems loafed at mines diamund wites.

Is wasnt havin that, so Is took them dampbusters outside and Is snapped all thems spines and the one who's laffed at mines diamund wites I stamped on his kidnees as well..

Is then got mines saxo and ran overs them all. Is reed a week laters that thems dampbusters had been disbanded, I dont think it's cos I had them all. Thems raf coppers blocks didn't comes and arrest me for a change eyther, instead them bort me some diamund wites for a jobs well done.

If thems thinks them going to chat mines fat waf up again, thems better remember wot happened last time.

I look forward to when these rants are actually posted in English! Who keeps allowing this Johnny Foreigner onto the Goat?

 

[Penguins Suck]

Listen in yous Ninjawrobin blok, Is spokes ded gud englush thanks. Is reckon yous is ones of thems Dampdusters bloks. Yous couldn't fite yous ways out of a wet paper bags. is bet yous drinks thems cockstales yous sees in speshul bars .

 

[rocket scientist]

Might one ask what exactly they're reforming with? I know it's allegedly going to be the new Yank a/c but as far as I'm aware they haven't got any (out side of America). Will they all sit twiddling their thumbs and pretending to have some aircraft?

Well they've got range time booked for Paveway releases & ASRAAM firings this September in the UK so they must some sort of a plan.

 

[FOMz]

Today’s 617 Squadron, currently training with the UK’s 15 F-35B Lightning jets in America, will move to the UK with a number of aircraft to their new home at RAF Marham this Summer.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/dambuster-squadron-reforms-to-fly-f-35-jets/

 

[Spearmint]

The first tranche of 617Sqn F35B folk are heading back or have already done so. 2nd tranche later this year. Watch out on a married patch in deepest darkest Norfolk to be soon resplendent in Dodge Chargers, Chevy Camaros, Ford Mustangs (till they remember the cost of fuel in the UK) and Stars n` Stripes........

 

[ninjarabbi]

Listen in yous Ninjawrobin blok, Is spokes ded gud englush thanks. Is reckon yous is ones of thems Dampdusters bloks. Yous couldn't fite yous ways out of a wet paper bags. is bet yous drinks thems cockstales yous sees in speshul bars .

Nope, still gibberish. I ran your comments through Google Translate and now I have to disinfect my computer.

 

[busby1971]

Nope, still gibberish. I ran your comments through Google Translate and now I have to disinfect my computer.

I think you’ll find he said he was an aircrew spiink bowser and loves taking one for the lads, shiny pound or otherwise.


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[Beverley127]

Nothing more than a number

Nothing more than a number

Different aircraft, different drivers and different engineers. Just more evidence of the flying club!