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
Gilmore Cecil Daniel
Lieutenant Colonel Gilmore Cecil Daniel was born on 30 November 1917 on the Osage Indian Reservation, Skiatook, Osage and Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA, the elder son of Pearl C. Daniel (1898-1969) a...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Private Charles Reynolds
G/8725, E. Kent Regt. (The Buffs). Age 19. To the memory of Charles, only son of Arthur & the late Fanny Reynolds. Peace, perfect peace.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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