On May 16–17, 1943, nineteen Lancaster crews flew at sixty feet over black water to destroy the Ruhr dams - a story of precision engineering and extraordinary cost.
How Barnes Wallis's precisely engineered bouncing bomb and 617 Squadron's low-level attack on Germany's Ruhr dams on May 16–17, 1943 redefined what airpower could accomplish.
On 16 May 1943, RAF 617 Squadron flew nineteen modified Lancasters at 60 feet to breach the Ruhr dams in one of aviation's most precisely engineered raids.
On May 16, 1943, nineteen Lancaster crews flew at sixty feet above dark water to destroy Germany's Ruhr Valley dams in aviation's most daring precision raid.
On May 16, 1943, nineteen RAF Lancasters flew at 60 feet in darkness to breach Nazi Germany's Ruhr Valley dams in one of history's most precisely executed aerial missions.
On the night of May 16, 1943, RAF 617 Squadron flew modified Lancasters at sixty feet above German reservoirs to deliver Barnes Wallis's revolutionary bouncing bomb against the Ruhr Valley dams.
On the night of May 16–17, 1943, 19 Lancaster bombers and 133 airmen executed Operation Chastise, breaching Nazi Germany's Ruhr valley dams with Barnes Wallis's revolutionary bouncing bomb.