Dam Busters

617 Squadron aviation history Avro Lancaster Barnes Wallis bouncing bomb Operation Chastise

The Hangar Aug 17, 2026

Operation Chastise, the Dam Busters of Six Seventeen Squadron, and the Bouncing Bomb That Skipped Across a German Reservoir at Sixty Feet in the Dark

How 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.

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The Hangar Aug 5, 2026

Operation Chastise, Barnes Wallis and the Bouncing Bomb, and the Night Six Seventeen Squadron Flew at Sixty Feet to Break the Dams of the Ruhr

How 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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