A truly great hero passes. We thank you Sir.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9681540/Birger-Stromsheim.html
By: trumper - 17th November 2012 at 20:58
🙂 Thank you for that,all brave men
By: David_Kavangh - 17th November 2012 at 20:38
Photos of the whole team here. Heros all (not Hollywood actors)
By: trumper - 17th November 2012 at 20:04
What a brave team ,and the photo they show in the obituary is from the film :confused:
Lets have a photo of the real guy -not actors.
By: David_Kavangh - 17th November 2012 at 19:39
I’ve read his obit several times over. I can’t hardly believe it. What a hero!!!! Only knew the story from the film, but the real story is so much better. Imagine if the Nazis had acquired the Bomb. I say no more.
By: AirportsEd - 17th November 2012 at 14:56
What a guy
What a team,
What an amazing effort,
What if they hadn’t succeeded…?
By: DCK - 17th November 2012 at 14:23
True hero
By: D1566 - 17th November 2012 at 13:58
The world could have been very different but for him and his comrades. RIP, so deserved.
By: Arabella-Cox - 17th November 2012 at 12:09
I went to Rjukan in 2001 during a vist where I was flying my 1/6 scale B-17 at a model show. There was particular interest in the model as it was copied from one of the aircraft that took part in the bombing raid. During the trip, we visited the Hydro-electric plant, crossing the bridge over the gorge, and also saw the lake where the ferry was sunk.
Having seen the landscape, gorge, and hydro plant, it really brought to life the reality, difficulties and achievements of the raid.
Amazing guys, all of them.
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