DAMBUSTERS – GONER 58A

The aim was to destroy the great dams of western Germany. Many thought it mission impossible, but they underestimated the men of the newly-formed 617 Squadron – The Dambusters.

DAMBUSTERS – BREACHING THE MÖHNE

Mick Martin’s Lancaster pulls away from the Möhne Dam as his 9,250lb bomb explodes behind him  sending a huge plume of water into the air. Guy Gibson, having already made his run, flies to Martins’ left, lights on full drawing gun fire from the towers. Below them the power station, hit by John Hopgood’s bomb on the previous run is still engulfed in flames.

DAMBUSTERS – THE MORNING AFTER

Of the many thousands of heroic night raids accomplished during RAF Bomber Command’s long six year campaign, one, above all, captured the imagination of an admiring public. Just after midnight on the night of 16/17 May 1943, Lancaster crews of 617 Squadron undertook what was to become the most remarkable raid of WWII when the …

THE DAMBUSTERS – AND THE EPIC WARTIME RAIDS OF 617 SQUADRON

On the night of 16 / 17 May 1943 one of the most daring low-level night time raids in the history of air warfare took place, when nineteen Lancaster crews from the newly-formed 617 Squadron successfully attacked the great dams of Germany. Their audacious mission – codenamed Operation Chastise – gained them immediate fame and legendary status. …

DAMBUSTERS

A tribute to the Dambusters with iconic original autographs

THE DAMBUSTERS – THREE GOOD BOUNCES

In the history of air warfare few missions come close in terms of courage and the highest skills of precision flying to the one carried out by 617 Squadron on the night of 16/17 May 1943. Codenamed Operation Chastise, their mission was to destroy the great dams that were vital to the industries of the Ruhr …

DAMBUSTERS – LAST MOMENTS OF THE MOHNE

On the night of 16/17 May 1943 an elite force of nineteen Lancaster bombers undertook what was to become one of the most daring and ingenious air raids in history. Flying from RAF Scampton, their mission – code named Operation Chastise – was to breach the mighty hydroelectric dams of the Ruhr, the Möhne, Eder and Sorpe …