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
James Averell Clark
Lieutenant Colonel James Averell Clark was born on 7 September 1920 in Westbury, Nassau County, New York, USA, the elder child of James Averell Clark (1893-1960) and Helen Louise Eustis Clark née H...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
Julius Caesar
Roman dictator, politician and general. Born Circa 100 BC. Ruled Rome in a triumvirate with Crassus and Pompey, eventually assuming sole control. Invaded Britain twice, in 55 and 54 BC. Famously as...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Romans, Italy
1 memorial
Operation Overlord
The allied campaign in WW2 for the liberation of North West Europe including the Normandy D-Day landings.
3 memorials
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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