I HAVE never been over-impressed by the accuracy of the media when it comes to aviation matters, but my flabber was totally gasted when I heard a newsreader on Yorkshire television at 6.40am on May 26 inform us that Douglas Bader led the Dambusters' Raid.

Mike Usherwood, Mendip Close, Huntington, York.

Editor's note: The raid was led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC in May 1943