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Pilots were killed while making their daring runs on the dams themselves, while still more perished on the way back from the mission. All in all, 53 of the 133 men we remember as the Dambusters died during the mission. Two of the target dams were destroyed, which caused devastating flooding as millions of tons of water burst through the region.
The Dambusters Raid. On the night of 16-17 May 1943, Wing Commander Guy Gibson led 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force on an audacious bombing raid to destroy three dams in the Ruhr valley, the industrial heartland of Germany. The mission was codenamed Operation 'Chastise'. The dams were fiercely protected.
May 16, 2018 · Today marks the 75th anniversary of Operation Chastise, better known as the Dambusters Raid – one of the most audacious and technically difficult bombing operations of the Second World War. On the night of 16-17 May 1943, 19 Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron launched a daring raid into Germany. Their targets were three dams in the Ruhr valley ...
Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid, [1][2] was an attack on German dams carried out on the night of 16/17 May 1943 by 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, later called the Dam Busters, using special "bouncing bombs" developed by Barnes Wallis. The Möhne and Edersee dams were breached, causing catastrophic flooding of the ...
May 16, 2020 · How the Dambusters Pulled Off Their Legendary World War II Air Raid. The bold British raid on Germany’s strategic river dams remains one of history’s most audacious bombing missions—a testament to ingenious engineering and the bravery of RAF aircrews. With Guy Gibson’s Lancaster flying above to attract anti-aircraft fire, Henry ...
The Dam Busters is a 1955 British epic docudrama war film starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave, that was directed by Michael Anderson.Adapted by R. C. Sherriff from the books The Dam Busters (1951) by Paul Brickhill and Enemy Coast Ahead (1946) by Guy Gibson, the film depicts the true story of Operation Chastise when in 1943 the RAF's 617 Squadron attacked the Möhne, Eder, and Sorpe ...
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May 15, 2013 · Known as Operation Chastise to its planners, it is remembered simply as the Dambusters raid. The story of the Lancasters that left RAF Scampton that night is utterly remarkable for so many reasons ...
