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43rd Anniv Sinking of the Tirpitz Signed Tom Bennett DFM 617 Sqn navigator WW11. 12 November 1987 Woodhall 43rd Anniversary of the Sinking of the Tirpitz Flown in Lancaster PA 474 of the Battle of Britain memorial flight from RAF Coningsby to RAF Waddington and return overflying No 617 Sqn The Dam Busters memorial flight time 35 mins. With 17p Lord Dowding Aircraft Stamp. Special Lancaster 617 Sqn cover of Tromso Fjord Norway 12 November 1944. Personally Signed by Tom Bennett 617 Sqn He flew as a navigator in one of the specialist crews on No 617 (Dambusters) Squadron. In April 1944 Bennett teamed up with his former pilot, Gerry Fawke, to convert to the Mosquito before joining No 617, where the CO, Leonard Cheshire, was perfecting low-level target marking techniques Certified Copy no 69 of 148.