Alex Pesaro, Digital Archivist at International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC), University of Lincoln has kindly drawn our attention to a series of digitised photographs that were taken during the filming of The Dam Busters. Highlights include aerial photographs of the Peak District dams as well as air-to-air images of aircraft carrying a mocked up bouncing bomb. All the photographs are part of the Jack Hagger collection (b.1931, 1920358, Royal Air Force).
Permission has kindly been given for us to reproduce the relevant photographs but the full Jack Haggar collection can be viewed by clickinghere.
ReelStreets is both honoured and grateful to both IBCC and the University of Lincoln for bringing these photographs to our attention and allowing us the opportunity to include them in our Website.
It is appropriate that we should commence our listing with a photograph of Jack Haggar himself.
Jack Hagger wearing just shorts
The reverse: ‘Self […] March /52’
Ladybower dam and reservoir
Ladybower dam and reservoir
Ladybower dam and tower
The reverse: ‘My side – tight turns at Ladybower’
Howden dam and Upper Derwent reservoir
Air-to-air view of rear quarter view of a four engine bomber with squadron letter ‘AJ_G’ airborne with clouds above. The aircraft carries a a mocked up bouncing bomb for the filming of ‘The Dam Busters’
The reverse: ‘Originally a 617 aircraft sold for scrap July 1956. George Shuter’
Air-to-air view of rear quarter view of a four engine bomber with squadron letters ‘AJ-G’ and registration ‘NX679’ airborne at low level in a bank to the right with fields below. The aircraft carries a mocked up bouncing bomb for the filming of ‘The Dam Busters’.
Air-to-air view of two Lancaster aircraft airborne in echelon formation. Taken from the port side of the two aircraft. The aircraft carries a mocked up bouncing bomb for the filming of ‘The Dam Busters’.
The reverse: ‘Shuter, Dick Lambert, Mike Lawsey, Self’.
Air-to-air view of rear quarter view of a four engine bomber with squadron letters ‘AJ-G’ and registration ‘NX679’ airborne at low level with fields below. The aircraft carries a mocked up bouncing bomb for the filming of ‘The Dam Busters’. The nose of a second Lancaster is also visible.
Air-to-air view of rear quarter view of a four engine bomber with squadron letters ‘AJ-P’ and registration NX673′ airborne at low level with fields below. The aircraft carries a mocked up bouncing bomb for the filming of ‘The Dam Busters’.
The reverse: ‘Dick and self on way to Windemere’.
Air-to-air view of rear quarter view of a four engine bomber with squadron letters ‘AJ-G’ airborne at low level with fields below. The aircraft carries a mocked up bouncing bomb for the filming of ‘The Dam Busters’.
Head on view of a Lancaster with undercarriage down just above the ground. The aircraft carries a mocked up bouncing bomb for the filming of ‘The Dam Busters’.
Air-to-air closeup view of a man in the rear turret of a Wellington.
The reverse: ‘Harry Bignall, 83 Squadron, Too Close?!’.
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