![]() He completed 69 operations with the squadron before leaving and dropping rank to fly in Transport Command. His target was the Möhne Dam, which he saw was successfully breached, before moving on to the Eder Dam and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his part.Ĭontinuing efforts throughout the remainder of the war, Squadron Leader Shannon, known as one vital member of the squadron, received two more DSO awards. One of these Australian pilots was David Shannon, who was just 20 years old and an already decorated veteran on that May evening. ![]() “The Dambusters Raid boosted morale in Britain and the Commonwealth at a time when things were not going well,” he says. Of the 13 Australian airmen, there were four pilots involved in the mission, which Mr Grant says came at a much-needed moment in the war efforts. Senior historian, Lachlan Grant, says that for the 10,000 Australians who served in Bomber Command, it was statistically one of the most dangerous places for Australians during WWII. ![]() “The ingenuity required to breach the dams was surpassed only by the skill and courage of the crews chosen to undertake the daring raid,” Mr Anderson says. ![]()
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