Featured Story
Featured Story
The FEATURED STORY pays tribute to a person, and or event, connected to 1 W.A.G.S Ballarat.
The story commemorates the valiant RAAF 1 W.A.G.S trainees who served in WW2 in all theatres of war – those who lost their lives and those who returned.
The FEATURED STORY honours -
THE DAMBUSTERS
OPERATION CHASTISE: 17 & 18 MAY 1943
Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid, was an attack on German dams carried out on the night of 16 /17 May 1943 by 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, later called the Dam Busters, using special bouncing bombs developed by Barnes Wallis. Thirteen Australians took part in the raid including pilot Harold 'Mick' Martin, gunner Thomas 'Tammy' Simpson and bomb aimer Frederick ' Spam' Spafford. Simpson and Spafford both trained at 1. WAGS Ballarat.
& the related featured stories:
Flying Officer Thomas Drayton (Tammy) SIMPSON DFM, DFC
Flying Officer Frederick Michael SPAFFORD DFC, DFM
