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Antiques Roadshow guest overwhelmed as her father’s DamBusters raid log book and war medals are valued at a HUGE £20,000

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A GUEST on Antiques Roadshow was left staggered when her father's Dam Busters log book and war medals were valued at a HUGE £20,000.

The woman met with enthusiast and expert Mark Smith to show off the collection of medals, as well as a log book proving her father's involvement in the Second World War. "In the world of log books, there is probably one that is the holy grail of log books - and that's any with the 617 squadron, for the dams raids," he said.

Pointing to the book and the collection of medals the woman had brought in, he highlighted the number 617 - the number of the Dam Busters squad.

The small collection of RAF servicemen known as squadron 617 were specially chosen to bomb three dams in Germany, 1943. One of these men was the.

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