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. 342 Squadron RAF No. 342 Squadron RAF The No. 342 Squadron also known in French as ""Groupe de Bombardement n° 1/20 "Lorraine"", was a Free French squadron in the RAF during World War II. No. 342 Squadron was formed on 7 April 1943 at RAF West Raynham with personnel from the Free French Air Forces ("Forces aériennes françaises libres") transferred from the Middle East, in particular the personnel of the French Escadrilles "Metz" and "Nancy". The squadron was part of No. 2 Group RAF of RAF Bomber Command and equipped with Douglas Mk IIIA Bostons (aka Douglas A-20C Havocs). They later moved with