Event    From 16/5/1943  To 17/5/1943

Dambusters Raid

Categories: Armed Forces, Aviation

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 ...

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Road Research Laboratory

{By an image of a Lancaster Bomber:} Tests conducted by the Road Research Lab...

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H. C. Bradley

H. C. Bradley

Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Captain Alexander Ross Clarke

Captain Alexander Ross Clarke

Surveyor.  Born Reading. Served in Canada and on his return worked on the ordnance survey in Southampton.  Died Reigate.  the picture source has a bio.

Person, Armed Forces, Science

1 memorial
J. Pope

J. Pope

Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
ORP Garland

ORP Garland

Former Destroyer in the Polish Navy. ORP stands for Okret Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Ship of the Polish Republic).

Vehicle, Armed Forces, Poland

1 memorial
Sir Glenn Torpy, Air Chief Marshal

Sir Glenn Torpy, Air Chief Marshal

Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal, Sir Glenn Torpy KCB CBE DSO ADC.

Person, Armed Forces

1 memorial