The last Dam Buster.........

[Dingo]

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. Torpedo nets in the water stopped underwater attacks and anti-aircraft guns defended them against enemy bombers.

But 617 Squadron had a secret weapon: the 'bouncing bomb'.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-incredible-story-of-the-dambusters-raid

 

[Hayata]

Big brass ones...

 

[MuleShoe]

NICE POST ! FROM WHAT IVE READ THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS MISSION AND SEVERAL PLANES HAD BEEN SHOT DOWN AT THESE DAMS !

 

[mojo]

Man I love WWII history.
Thanks Dingo

 

[bambam]

It didn't work well until they developed a device to prerotate the bomb drums before they were dropped. The drums were spun up to speed and released so they would hit the dam wall and crawl to the bottom of the dam wall.

 

[BIKER13]

Interesting read.Thanks

 

[cbrady]

Awesome!

 

[buttplate]

Interesting read.Thanks

X2, what biker said

 

[StuP]

True courage and skill. The world is a different place now. When my father was in the Air Force he flew in Lancaster.

 

[7pt62THOR]