{"product_id":"ww2-world-war-two-lancaster-bomber-dambuster-aircraft-3d-effect-pin-lapel-badge","title":"WW2 World War Two Lancaster Bomber Dambuster Aircraft  3D Effect Pin Lapel Badge","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eProduct Description: \u003c\/span\u003eThis Avro Lancaster pin badge is made from metal and is a raised high definition 3D image of the side profile of the bomber. It is supplied on a pin with separate clasp. The pin badge is mounted on an information card, which has the Avro Lancaster title and details of Wing Commander Guy Gibson who flew the Lancaster on the front. On the reverse is historical information about Gibson and the aircraft.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, 'sans-serif';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; box-sizing: border-box; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eInformation: \u003c\/span\u003eOn the night of 16-17 May 1943, Wg Cdr Guy Gibson led the Lancaster’s of 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force on a daring bombing raid to destroy three dams in the Ruhr valley, the industrial heartland of Germany. The mission was codenamed Operation ‘Chastise’.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, 'sans-serif';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; box-sizing: border-box; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eThe bombers were first attacked by flak as they reached the Dutch coast and some were lost and then from anti-aircraft guns defending the dams. A ‘bouncing bomb’ had been developed by Barnes Wallis which could bounce over the torpedo nets guarding the dams and this was 617 Squadron’s secret weapon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, 'sans-serif';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; box-sizing: border-box; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eThe mission was a success. The Mohne and Edersee dams were breached, causing catastrophic damage flooding of the Ruhr valley and the villages in the Eder valley with the Sorpe Dam only sustaining minor damage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, 'sans-serif';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; box-sizing: border-box; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eThe RAF lost 56 aircrew, with 53 dead and 3 captured, amid losses of 8 aircraft.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simply Civil War","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58869966733686,"sku":null,"price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1021\/5086\/5270\/files\/799858996_28201250109538174_5174487819178973935_n_1.jpg?v=1791033596","url":"https:\/\/simplycivilwar.co.uk\/products\/ww2-world-war-two-lancaster-bomber-dambuster-aircraft-3d-effect-pin-lapel-badge","provider":"Simply Civil War","version":"1.0","type":"link"}