RAF Scampton originally referred to as "Squadron X", was formed at Scampton in order to carry out the proposed raid, codenamed Operation Chastise. More commonly referred to as the "Dambusters Raid", the raid would go down as the most famous and widely remembered in the history of the Royal Air Force. On the night of 16–17 May 1943, 617 Sqn despatched 19 Lancasters from Scampton. Led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, the main bulk of the squadron attacked the Sorpe, Eder and Möhne dams with an additional aircraft tasked to perform an attack on the Schwelm Dam. Both the Eder and Möhne
Third Girl from the Left Third Girl from the Left Third Girl from the Left is a novel by American writer Martha Southgate first published in 2005. The novel is divided into three sections, examining the lives of three generations of Edwards women. In 1971, Angela Edwards runs away from the sheltered life she lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Hollywood in the hopes of becoming a movie star. Working as a playboy bunny she manages to score bit parts in blaxploitation films through sexual favours. She also falls in love with her roommate Sheila but while the two friends engage in a sexual relationship they