Tuesday marked 80 years since the Dam Busters Raid — the audacious World War II bombing raid, codenamed Operation Chastise that set out to destroy three dams in the Ruhr valley. As readers of this blog know, Douglas Webb was the front gunner in the last plane back (AJ-O). The raid was Continue Reading
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Pamela Green by Douglas Webb
I’ve not posted in a long time, as I treat here is a picture of Pamela Green — a little more mature than we usually get to see her. It was taken by Douglas Webb, and the scan is from the original colour transparency. Other news I had a delightful lunch Continue Reading
Birthday wishes 2022
Pamela Green was born in 1929 and would have been 93 today. Looking down from the great nudist camp in the sky, I’m sure she would be surprised and somewhat chuffed that her website is still going strong. On behalf of her, a big thank you to all the site’s Continue Reading
The 3-D Xploits of Douglas Webb
The 1950s was the golden era of 3-D movies with such classics as It Came from Outer Space, Creature From The Back Lagoon and Hitchcock’s Dial M For Murder. Just like the movie business, pin-up photography was a competitive game. Seeing the success of such movies, photographers such as Stanley Long and Horace Roye Continue Reading
Nude by Douglas Webb
Douglas Webb, is well known for his stills photography within the film and TV business. His career, however, was far more varied than most people released. He would occasionally turn his hand towards product photography and even wedding photography. I have half a dozen nudes by him, among which I Continue Reading
Douglas Webb Sells His Medal
It was a night when wartime time history was made. In 1943, 19 Lancaster bombers took off with Dr Barnes Wallis’s bouncing bomb on board. Their mission was to destroy three dams in the Ruhr Valley. Eight aircraft and 53 members of 617 Squadron were lost. Those who were lost Continue Reading
Douglas Webb — Shutterbug for the Heavy Mob (The Sweeney)
Pamela Green’s partner Douglas Webb worked for Euston Films in the 1970s on such shows as The Sweeney and Special Branch as a stills photographer. The Sweeney was the epitome of the 1970s hard-boiled cop shows. It ran for 52 episodes over four years. Two feature films were also made. Continue Reading
Dambusters 75th Anniversary
This week marks the 75th anniversary of Operation Chastise, in which the RAF secured a crucial victory at the height of the Second World War by dropping Barnes Wallis’s “bouncing bomb” on the dams in Germany’s industrial heartland. A total of 133 aircrew left for the raid on board 19 Lancaster bombers. Continue Reading
Dambuster of the Day No. 125: Douglas Webb
Originally posted on Dambusters Blog. The rest of the crew of AJ-O are also featured.Pilot: Flt Sgt W C Townsend DFMFlight engineer: Sgt D J D PowellNavigator: Plt Off C L HowardBomb aimer: Sgt C E Franklin DFMWireless operator: Flt Sgt G A ChalmersRear Gunner: Raymond Wilkinson Sgt D E Webb: Front gunner Lancaster serial number: ED886/G Call Continue Reading
Dambusters 70th Anniversary
As most of the readers of this blog should know Douglas Webb was one of the Dambusters. May 16th is the 70th anniversary of the raid. It was a breathtaking display of daring, ingenuity and self-sacrifice that had a huge effect on the wartime generation and still inspires us today… Continue Reading