One of the last unsung heroines of the famous Dambusters raid in World War two has died. This photograph of a bomber aircraft in flight during the Dambusters raid of 1943. Mrs Stevens recalled the Dambusters raid in a local newspaper interview to mark her 70th wedding anniversary. She had no idea that it was anything other than a routine mission when the Lancasters from the newly formed 617 squadron took off from her base. Operation Chastise, later known as the Dambusters raid, was so secret that even her Lancaster pilot husband who also flew from Scampton knew nothing about it.

Source: Daily Mail December 18, 2017 15:10 UTC