Author: Sweetman, John,
Title: THE DAMBUSTERS RAID.
Description: Cassell, London, 2012, reissued edn., trade paperback, xxiv, 296pp, 32pp half tone photo ills, maps/diagrams in text, photo montage upper wrapper, the Dambusters Raid, Operation Chastise, was undertaken by 19 Lancasters of 617 Squadron on the night of 16 May 1943 and was the most audacious bombing raid of the Second World War. For the loss of 11 aircraft the Mohne and Eder dams in Germany's industrial heartland were breached and a famous if controversial victory won. A comprehensive account of this legendary mission from the development of Barnes Wallis' 'bouncing bomb' to every moment of the raid itsel,f under the command of Guy Gibson VC, it recalls a time of commitment perseverance and sheer dogged determination in the face of dangerous and improbable oddsedges lightly tanned, near fine,

Keywords: war ww2 raf lancaster operation chastise barnes wallis guy gibson 617 squadron scampton ruhr dams mohne sorpe ennepe lister diemel bouncing skimming bomb vf44


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