Dambusters2012's Teddy No. 2 was flown on his combat sortie over Afghanistan by Flt Lt Stew' campbell during 617 sqdn's recent tour at Kandahar Airbase, Operation Herrick 16. The sortie was flown at night using night vision goggles and included 3 in-flight refuelings and lasted about 5 hours!
The Dambusters2012 Teddies will be auctioned on November 3rd at the Birmingham Help for Heroes Ball - details at http://www.helpforheroesballbirmingham.org.uk/
I have found out today that it will be Flt Lt Stew Campbell that will be representing 617 sqdn and RAF Lossiemouth at the ball on 3rd November as one of the Guests of Honour! How brilliant is that! We can ask Stew Campbell, who flew Teddy No. 2 over Afghanistan to present the teddy to the winning bidder ...... and I can shake the hand of the man who did so much to help Dambusters2012 and our efforts to raise money for Help for Heroes.
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