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History up for sale

Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 11:21 am
by Christel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-no ... e-30754043

Auction 20th of January in Towcester - - - £20-£25k for the bomb sight.

Other items up for Auction.

Re: History up for sale

Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 2:02 pm
by Les
Hopefully it will all be bought by a museum, so that it can be put on display for everybody to enjoy. It would be a real pity for this piece of history to end up in a private collection where nobody will be able to appreciate the ingenuity that went into probably the most famous bombing raid of WWII.

Re: History up for sale

Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 8:53 pm
by 1066
Well! I remember the old school, just a mile or two away from me, it was knocked down in the 1970's. I had no idea there was "Dam Busters" connection.

Dambuster site sells for a bargain

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:07 pm
by 20series
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-no ... e-30902863

A sight used to guide the "bouncing bomb" that breached the Mohne dam in the Dambusters raid of 1943 has sold at auction for £41,500.

A nice bit of memorabilia for someone.

Alan