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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Dambusters Raid
Commemorated ati
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
Private Claude E. W. Davison
10229, Hon. Artillery Company. Age 27. He did his duty.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
A. H. Kirby
Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Major L. Thorns, OBE, MC
A member of Jas. Shoolbred & Co. Ltd. who served in WW1 and returned. East York Regiment General List
War served, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
1 memorial
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