South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum is a
 registered charity number 1051994

 member of the British Aviation
 Preservation Council

Wednesday 9th July 2008

AeroVenture, Dakota Way  
Airborne Road, Doncaster Leisure Park 
Doncaster, DN4 7FB, UK 

tel 01302 761616 

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6th March 2004 AeroVenture Raffle Winner Takes Dambusters Flight from Sheffield Airport

Dambusters flight winner Victoria Harvey with four year old son Bradley

Victoria who is from Dinnington won first prize in the AeroVenture December 17th 2003 Raffle. The raffle was organised my museum member Eric Beckett and raised a total of £1000 towards the restoration of the museum's recently acquired Douglas DC-3 airliner.

The Dragon Helicopters Dam Busters flight retraces the training flights over the Derwent Dam in 1943 by the Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron.

Flying from RAF Scampton the subsequent raid used the famous Barns Wallis bouncing bombs. The mission, commanded by Guy Gibson badly damaged dams feeding Germany's armaments industry in the Rhur Valley

The helicopter flight was generously donated to the museum by Dragon Helicopters Bill Leach and takes place regularly from Sheffield City Airport.

Pictured with Victoria and Bradley are AeroVenture's Brian Ward, Eric Beckett, Museum Chairman Bill Fern and Dennis Barber. At the rear is Dragon Helicopters Bill Leach. Photos by Jim Keable

AeroVenture is the home of the South Yorkshire Air Museum on the site of the former RAF Doncaster airfield.

Open Thursday to Sunday 10am to 5pm the museum can be contacted on tel 01302 761616 or www.aeroventure.org.uk. Dragon Helicopters can be contacted on tel 0114 2015425 or www.dragonhelicopters.co.uk