An attack by Royal Air Force 617 Squadron on German dams using bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis. The operation was led by Guy Gibson. Subject of the 1955 film The Dambusters for which Eric Coates wrote the famous score. The picture source website explains how the bombs worked.
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Dambusters Raid
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Guy Gibson
English Heritage Guy Gibson VC, 1918 - 1944, pilot, leader of the Dambusters ...
Road Research Laboratory
{By an image of a Lancaster Bomber:} Tests conducted by the Road Research Lab...
Other Subjects
Order of St John of Jerusalem
The Priory was the English headquarters of the Order of St John of Jerusalem which combined religion, crusading military might and the care of the sick. The members of the order were also known as ...
2 memorials
1 memorial
1 memorial
A. Wilds
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Army regiment. Its name was changed to the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) in 1921. In 1970, it was amalgamated with the Lancashire Regiment to form the Queen's Lancashire Regiment which in turn ...
1 memorial