The Dambusters Tour

Could 2021 see the Devall Boys riding together again?  Last year I planned a short trip across to Germany to visit the Dams and some of the memorials and it had to be cancelled as Covid-19 spread across the globe and we were still in a partial lockdown.

By August 2021 both Neill and I will have had both our vaccinations and if there's a Covid passport we will be line to get our hands on one!

Whether Germany will be ready for visitors is anyone's guess.  

Neill has plotted a route taking in the dams that were bombed by 617 "Dambusters" Squadron in "Operation Chastise" on 17 May 1943.

More information on the raid here - http://www.dambusters.org.uk/the-dam-raids/dams-of-the-ruhr-valley/ and https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-incredible-story-of-the-dambusters-raid

He has included many of the monuments to those aircrew that were shot down during the Operation.

So far it looks like this:

4 - Mohne Dam
5 - Sorpa Dam
6 - Eder Dam

The next step is to work out where we are going to stay and how many nights. Whether to move along the route staying one night or maybe somewhere central and g out in the day to visit the sites.

More on: https://ndtea.blogspot.com/2021/04/raring-to-go-if-only.html