Editing Derwent Reservoir (Derbyshire) (section)

==Dambusters==
During the Second World War, the reservoir was used by pilots of the [[No. 617 Squadron RAF|617 Squadron]] for practising the low-level flights needed for [[Operation Chastise]] (commonly known as the "Dam Busters" raids), due to its similarity to the German dams. Today there is a commemorative plaque to 617 Squadron on the dam, and one of the towers on the dam housed the Derwent Valley Museum. The exhibition now closed, was owned and run by the late Vic Hallam, and covered stories of 617 Squadron and its training for Operation Chastise. It also had a display on the history of the Derwent valley and the lost villages of [[Derwent, Derbyshire|Derwent]] and [[Ashopton]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.derwentdammuseum.org | author=Derwent Dam Museum |title=Derwent Dam Museum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702185314/http://www.derwentdammuseum.org/ |archive-date=2 July 2012 |publisher=Derwent Dam Museum |date=2012 |access-date=1 May 2014}}</ref> 

Occasional [[flypast]]s of the [[Battle of Britain Memorial Flight]] at the reservoir are also staged to commemorate the events during the war. In September 2014, a unique flypast took place with the two remaining airworthy [[Avro Lancaster|Lancasters]], one from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, and one from Canada, flying three passes in formation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lancaster bombers flypast at 'Dambusters' Derwent Dam |work=BBC News |date=22 September 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29295272 |access-date=22 September 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Derwent Dam August 2017.jpg|center|900px|Derwent Dam from the top of the dam (August 2017)]]