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
London Regiment
An infantry regiment in the British Army, part of the Territorial Force (later renamed the Territorial Army). The regiment saw distinguished service in World War I and was disbanded, shortly before...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Second Lieutenant Ernest George Westacott
Ernest George Westacott was born on 1 December 1876, the sixth of the nine children of Thomas Bentley Westacott (1839-1924) and Sarah Rebecca Westacott née Cosby. His birth was registered in 1st qu...
War served, Other war
1 memorial
1 memorial
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