617 Squadron was allocated the unit identification code MZ for the period April to September 1939, even though the unit did not actually exist at the time.
History Between the wars Īccording to the squadron's entry in Flying Units of the RAF by Alan Lake, No. The unit is composed of both RAF and Royal Navy personnel, and operates from the Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. The Dambusters reformed on 18 April 2018, and was equipped at RAF Marham in June 2018 with the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning, becoming the first squadron to be based in the UK with this advanced V/STOL type. In the early 21st century it operated the Panavia Tornado GR4 in the ground attack and reconnaissance role until being disbanded on 28 March 2014. It is commonly known as " The Dambusters", for its actions during Operation Chastise against German dams during the Second World War. I hear that struggle in Reginas words.Number 617 Squadron is a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron, originally based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire and currently based at RAF Marham in Norfolk. Living a ruined life is a thankless life. Its not my own to live well or live poorly as I please. My life is not my own, as it was passed down the line by my mother, who was given it by my grandmother, who was given it by my greatgrandmother, who was given my life through the mercy of G-d who saw it fit that she sould surrvive the camps, the walk from the camps to find home, and any shred of family or neighbor she could. It mirrors my own feelings of ancestory, responsiblity, guilt, expressed individuality, and history. We live to tell the stories of those who died, and those who survived. We are taught that our lives are not our own.
#Apres moi le deluge new world free#
Our past is our ancestors, and while we're free to make our own choices, we tend to feel near overwhelming guilt over not carrying on traditions that we maybe feel are outdated. Reason:Īs far as "I must go on standing/ you can't break that which isn't yours/ I must go on standing/ I'm not my own its not my choice" to me, as a Jew from the same sort of background as Regina, it sounds like a common feeling we have. Maybe regina is saying, with words taken from Madame de Pompadour (who is said to have had a premonition of the impending political and social collapse that was that lead to the French Revolution), is that though we can change things for the better we can also change things for the worse. The poem that the Russian lyrics are taken from has somewhat of an apocalyptic or after-the-war feel to it with a pinch of hope like Begin to Hope's subtle theme. Boris Pasternak was a poet during the reign of the leaders of the Russian/Soviet revolution and his ideas and criticisms of them sometimes found their way into his poetry. The "cold" (i believe this could mean the meek, lonely, or even the individualistic) are taking away from the lifeblood and the passionate conformity of the revolution. The elderly are bringing down the young and their future, the future of the revolution (souls). The lame (the crippled, the paralyzed, the handicapped in whatever way) are bringing down the fit and healthy who are faster, stronger, smarter. I believe regina may be mocking Russian totalitarian leaders like Stalin or Lenin pretending she was one of them and had their ideals.
This song has a sort of rhythm that reminds me of a revolutionary march.
Be afraid of the lame, they'll inherit your legsīe afraid of the old, they'll inherit your soulsīe afraid of the cold, they'll inherit your bloodĪpres moi le deluge, after me comes the flood
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