On the night of May 16, 1943, nineteen modified Lancasters flew at treetop height into Nazi Germany to destroy the Ruhr Valley dams using Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb.
TaildraggerOn the night of May 16–17, 1943, nineteen Lancaster bombers flew at sixty feet over German reservoirs to destroy the Ruhr dams with a weapon that defied conventional logic.
TaildraggerOn the night of May 16, 1943, nineteen Lancaster bombers used a spinning cylindrical mine and improvised precision tools to breach the industrial heart of Nazi Germany.
TaildraggerOperation Chastise on May 16–17, 1943 sent nineteen Lancasters to breach the Ruhr dams using Barnes Wallis's revolutionary bouncing bomb and some of the most demanding low-level flying in aviation history.
TaildraggerThe Avro Lancaster emerged from a failed twin-engine bomber to become WWII's most capable heavy bomber, culminating in the technically precise 60-foot dam-busting raid of May 1943.
TaildraggerHow the Dam Busters of 617 Squadron used a bouncing bomb to breach Germany's Ruhr dams at 60 feet in the dark on 16 May 1943.
TaildraggerHow Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb and 617 Squadron broke the Ruhr dams flying at 60 feet in the dark on the night of May 16–17, 1943.
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