Dambusters in World War Two

February, 1943: British Royal Air Force plans attack on five hydroelectric dams for which the Ruhr industrial area depended. Royal Air Force decides to use a new bouncing bomb developed at the National Physics Laboratory in Teddington.

For the raid to succeed, it would require precision bombing. The new bouncing bombs needed to be dropped from 60 feet, then skip into the dam face, roll down it to explode at a depth that would trigger a pressure fuse. The pilots needed to judge the release point by using Dual spotlights. The beams would converge vertically at 60 feet.

16th May, 1943: 18 Avro Lancasters, each carrying one bomb, set off. In all, it needed five attempts to breach the Moehne Dam. Theh he Edner Dam was attacked. Only 11 bombers survived the mission.

Guy Gibson was awarded the Victoria Cross.

World War Two

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