The Hangar
Aug 17, 2026
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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Aug 14, 2026
How the RAF's 1943 Dambusters raid used Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb to breach the Ruhr dams - and what it cost.
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Aug 10, 2026
How the RAF's Dambusters used Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb to break the Ruhr dams flying at 60 feet in the dark.
Taildragger The Hangar
Aug 7, 2026
How Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb and 617 Squadron's Lancaster crews broke Germany's Ruhr dams in the May 1943 Dambusters raid.
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Aug 5, 2026
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.
Taildragger The Hangar
Aug 2, 2026
How the Dambusters used Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb to breach Germany's Ruhr dams in 1943 - the physics, the flying, and the cost.
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Jul 29, 2026
How 617 Squadron used Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb to breach the Ruhr dams in 1943's Operation Chastise.
Taildragger The Hangar
Jul 6, 2026
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.
Taildragger The Hangar
Jun 27, 2026
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.
Taildragger The Hangar
May 16, 2026
On May 16, 1943, nineteen Lancaster bombers attacked Germany's Ruhr Valley dams using spinning bouncing bombs dropped at exactly sixty feet.
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