No. 617 Squadron RAF that New Zealand film director Peter Jackson and David Frost would co-produce a re-make of the film. It has been scripted by Stephen Fry and will be directed by Christian Rivers. The last living Dam Buster pilot at the time, New Zealander Les Munro (1919-2015), offered his services as a technical adviser. In 2010 the National Archives released documents that showed it was considered using 617 Squadron to target the Italian leader Mussolini in July or August 1943. The British believed if Mussolini was killed it might take Italy out of the war. It would have been a flight carried
No. 2 Squadron RAF No. 2 Squadron RAF "Not to be confused with No. 2 Squadron RAF Regiment" No. 2 Squadron, also known as No. II (AC) Squadron, is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It is currently equipped with the Eurofighter Typhoon. No. 2 Squadron's traditional army co-operation role is reflected in the "AC" of its title, its motto "Hereward" (Guardian of the Army), and the symbol of a Wake knot on its crest. Its unofficial nickname is "Shiny Two". No. 2 Squadron was formed at Farnborough, Hampshire on 13 May 1912, on the founding of the Royal Flying Corps as one