65th Anniversary Of The Dambusters Raid (EDM1576)

65th Anniversary Of The Dambusters Raid

EDM number 1576 in 2007-08, proposed by Gerald Howarth on 14/05/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Armed forces, Military operations and Veterans.

That this House notes that 16th/17th May marks the 65th anniversary of the raid on the Ruhr dams by 617 Squadron RAF (The Dambusters); pays tribute to the extraordinary heroism and skill of the crews, led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC DSO DFC, and to the ingenuity of Dr Barnes Wallis who designed the bomb; regrets that of the 133 men who took part in the raid, 53 gave their lives on that mission; and supports the Bomber Command Association in its campaign for the erection of a suitable memorial to commemorate those who served in Bomber Command and their contribution to the eventual liberation of Europe.

This motion has been signed by a total of 56 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Gerald Howarth	14/05/2008	Aldershot	Conservative	Proposed
Liam Fox	14/05/2008	Woodspring	Conservative	Seconded
Julian Lewis	14/05/2008	New Forest East	Conservative	Seconded
Nigel Evans	14/05/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Seconded
Alan Meale	15/05/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Simon Burns	15/05/2008	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Seconded
Ann Winterton	15/05/2008	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	15/05/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stewart Jackson	15/05/2008	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Philip Davies	15/05/2008	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	15/05/2008	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Phil Willis	15/05/2008	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Gray	15/05/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	15/05/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	15/05/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	15/05/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	15/05/2008	Brigg and Goole	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	15/05/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	16/05/2008	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	16/05/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/05/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	19/05/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Angela Watkinson	19/05/2008	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Waterson	19/05/2008	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Robert Wareing	19/05/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/05/2008	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	19/05/2008	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Brady	19/05/2008	Altrincham and Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	19/05/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	19/05/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	19/05/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	19/05/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	19/05/2008	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	19/05/2008	Old Bexley and Sidcup	Independent	Signed
Greg Pope	20/05/2008	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	20/05/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	20/05/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	20/05/2008	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	20/05/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	20/05/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	21/05/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	21/05/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Laura Moffatt	22/05/2008	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	02/06/2008	Castle Point	UKIP	Signed
Doug Naysmith	02/06/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	02/06/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	02/06/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Bill Etherington	02/06/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	03/06/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	03/06/2008	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Brian Binley	24/06/2008	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
David Crausby	02/07/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Robert Goodwill	02/07/2008	Scarborough and Whitby	Conservative	Signed
Jonathan Djanogly	03/07/2008	Huntingdon	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Crabb	07/07/2008	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Bailey	10/07/2008	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed

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