RAF 617 Squadron

The Hangar Aug 31, 2026

Operation Chastise, the Dambusters, and the Bouncing Bomb That Broke the Ruhr Valley Dams

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.

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The Hangar Aug 14, 2026

Operation Chastise, the Dambusters, and the Bouncing Bomb That Skipped Across a Reservoir to Break the Dams of the Ruhr

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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The Hangar Aug 10, 2026

Operation Chastise, the Dambusters, and the Sixty-Foot Night Barnes Wallis's Bouncing Bomb Broke the Ruhr Dams Open

How the RAF's Dambusters used Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb to break the Ruhr dams flying at 60 feet in the dark.

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