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
English Heritage Guy Gibson VC, 1918 - 1944, pilot, leader of the Dambusters ...
{By an image of a Lancaster Bomber:} Tests conducted by the Road Research Lab...
Spies, basically (but see below), working for the UK in WW2. Formed by Church...
Organisation which relieves need, hardship or distress among men and women wh...
