Today is Dam Busters day. Otherwise known as ‘Operation Chastise’ it was a major contribution from the RAF in helping to win WW2 with an attack on German dams carried out on the night of 16 to 17 May 1943 by 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, using special “bouncing bombs” developed by Barnes Wallis. The Möhne and Edersee dams were breached, causing catastrophic flooding of the Ruhr valley and halting German war materiel production.
In 2011 Sandra performed on the kazoo in the Royal Albert Hall for Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day.
She played the famous March from the 1955 Dam Busters feature film with 3909 other kazoo players and entered the Guinness Book of Records as part of the largest ensemble of kazoo players.
PS What a glorious tune Eric Coates wrote! I’m adding the hymn derived from it and dedicating it to Ukraine.
I remembered this event on hearing that sadly there are no survivors of the pilots however in remembrance of their amazing feat there will a solo flight in an Avrò Lancaster this afternoon over Britain. This Dambusters March is a wonderful tine depicting Britain’s greatness most uplifting but at the same time with emotional undertones of the cause. The Kazoo event was great fun and enjoyed by all participants. The Kazoo like the triangle is hardly used in orchestral pièces and it so reminds me of the funny voices of Punch and Judy as they speak words through this humble iinstrument!
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