Refining a nice idea - maybe?
Notwithstanding our rapprochement with our German allies (eg the exchange officer who organised the Boulmer BoB party with the slogan "Ve vere at ze battle, ve vill be at ze pissup, ja?"), wouldn't it work better from the Moehne to Scampton? - remembering at each stage of the return journey those who never made it, route from Harwich via many Bomber Command bases, and more effective press coverage at the end, with the Arrows in full flow above?
And care should be taken. Not decrying 617s magnificent and terrible heritage (9 crews lost out of 19 in one night), but Bomber Command's real courage was the thousands who faced up to 3% losses night after night, which for a crew on 2 raids a week added (multiplied?) up to a 50/50 chance of being dead in 3 months.
The only fear worse, I understand from my father, was when the war in Europe ended and large numbers of Bomber Command crews were earmarked for operations against Japan. Crews believed that over Germany, they would at least survive if they got out of the aircraft alive.
Sven