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- Three of the 133 are still alive today: George Johnson, Les Munro and Frederick Sutherland.
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Aug 27, 2013 · Lancaster bomber crews on the dams raid consisted of seven members: pilot, flight engineer, bomb aimer, rear gunner, front gunner, navigator and the wireless operator. Each of the Dambusters ...
Apr 8, 2013 · A complete list of the 133 also appears below. The names appear in the order of the three designated ‘waves’: the first tasked to attack the Möhne and Eder dams, the second to attack the Sorpe, and the third the mobile reserve.
Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid, [1] [2] was an attack on German dams carried out on the night of 16/17 May 1943 by 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, later called the Dam Busters, using special "bouncing bombs" developed by Barnes Wallis.
- 16-17 May 1943
- 2 dams breached
- Eder, Möhne and Sorpe (Röhr) rivers, Germany
May 16, 2018 · Today marks the 75th anniversary of Operation Chastise, better known as the Dambusters Raid – one of the most audacious and technically difficult bombing operations of the Second World War. On the night of 16-17 May 1943, 19 Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron launched a daring raid into Germany.
May 17, 2013 · Dambusters: Death and glory. 17 May 2013. Crews had little more than six weeks to practise low level attacks over water at precise speeds and heights. By Greig Watson. BBC News. The experimental...
Sep 2, 2013 · Flying from Lincolnshire across occupied Europe at tree-top height, 19 planes of the newly formed 617 Squadron, with seven-man crews, braved anti-aircraft fire, power cables and mountainous terrain...
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.
