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11 Facts About Douglas Webb

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Douglas Webb DFM, was a British photographer who worked in the film and television industries.

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Douglas Webb was a veteran of the Dam Busters raid.

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Douglas Webb was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal for his part in the operation.

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Douglas Webb flew on 617 Squadron's last wartime operation, an attack on Hitler's mountain lair.

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Douglas Webb was one of only two men to fly on the squadron's first and last wartime operations.

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Douglas Webb sold his Distinguished Flying Medal, along with his logbook on 14 March 1989 at Christie's in London to fund publishing a nude photography book of Pamela Green.

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Douglas Webb later moved to Gainsborough Pictures where he worked on his first film Miranda.

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Douglas Webb went on to establish a successful business as a freelance photographer with his own studio in Greek Street, Soho, doing theatrical and film portraits.

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Douglas Webb first used Pamela Green, his future partner, as a nude model in 1948.

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Douglas Webb later moved to larger premises in Albany Street near Regent's Park.

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Douglas Webb was the stills photographer on the film Naked as Nature Intended in which Pamela Green starred, and in 2013 his photographs were used to illustrate the book Naked as Nature Intended, The Epic Tale of a Nudist Picture.