Earning an RAF pilots brevet in ww2
Thanks Hipper though I cant quite match the detail.
I,m sure 617 was carrying and returning with their Grand Slams, evident because of the removal of the bomb bay doors.
April 15th 1945----As I had embarkation leave and some time at HP before boarding the Athlone Castle some days before VE DAY --May 8th I would have guessed what I witnessed was before April 15th.
That said there wasnt much German naval might left to bomb by that time!
So perhaps my time recollections are off and maybe another squadron was also involved with smaller bombs and 617 never did drop their bigger bombs