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THE DAMBUSTERS MARCH 1943 TO MAY 1944 The Rise of RAF Precision Bombing – 617 Squadron In WWII
£24.99
A workman like overview of 617 Squadron up to the invasion of Europe, 1943 – Formed at RAF Scampton, specifically for the attack on dams in the Ruhr Valley using the Barnes Wallis-designed Upkeep ‘bouncing bomb’. In 1944 it was flying from RAF Woodhall Spa, 617 Squadron began dropping the 12,000lb Tallboy and, later, 22,000lb Grand Slam bombs. COVERS MISSIONS FROM MARCH 1943 TO MAY 1944.
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A low-flying aircraft, faced with an onslaught of flak, releases a cylindrical, back-spinning bomb that bounces across the water, against a dam, and succeeds in destroying it. Operation Chastise has captured the imagination of generations since its completion on the May 17, 1943, but few know that the same squadron was also involved in many of the most daring and devastating air attacks of the war, taking on the targets deemed too difficult, too well-defended, and too strong for regular squadrons. Over the next two years, this one squadron went on to sink the battleship Tirpitz, demolish impregnable U-boat pens, and smash deadly V-weapon sites. They pioneered new methods of attack and target marking, and forever erased the RAF’s reputation for inaccuracy.
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Additional information
| Author/Editor | |
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| Product Code | 31109 |
| Delivery | This item is usually dispatched Next Day |
| Format | Hardback 480 pages Dimensions : ‎26 x 20.1 cm |
| ISBN | 9789185657049 |
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