With Guy Gibson's Lancaster flying above to attract anti-aircraft fire, Henry 'Dinghy' Young drops his 'Upkeep' mine on the Möhne dam.
Sunday 17 May 2020
Operation Chastise - The Dambusters Raid
77 years ago today, the Dambusters Raid took place through the night of 16th to 17th May, 1943.
On the night of 16-17 May 1943, Wing Commander Guy Gibson led 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force on an audacious bombing raid to destroy three dams in the Ruhr valley, the industrial heartland of Germany. The mission was codenamed Operation 'Chastise'. The dams were fiercely protected. Torpedo nets in the water stopped underwater attacks and anti-aircraft guns defended them against enemy bombers. But 617 Squadron had a secret weapon: the 'bouncing bomb'.
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Just an amazing operation from conception to execution.
Yes, if you didn't know it was a real event, you would think it was a film plot!
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