The dambusters - 'was it worth it?'
Sweetman, John, 1935-2023
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On the evening of 16 May 1943, nineteen Avro Lancasters took off from RAF Scampton to undertake 617 Squadron's first offensive attack since its formation a few weeks earlier. Loaded with Barnes Wallis' newly designed bouncing bombs, the Bomber Command crews set course for their targets - the vital Möhne, Eder and Sorpe dams that served the Ruhr, the Third Reich's industrial heartland. By the time the survivors began landing back at base at 03.11 hours the following morning, eight of the Lancasters had been shot down. However, both the Möhne and Eder dams had been breached, while the Sorpe was damaged. The flood waters that the attacks unleashed poured downstream, wreaking havoc on the surrounding countryside. In 1990, Dr John Sweetman published his seminal work on the events before, during and after Operation Chastise. This book present unseen sections from Dr Sweetman's archive.
Main title:
The dambusters - 'was it worth it?' / John Sweetman.
Author:
Sweetman, John, 1935-, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Air World, 2023.
Collation:
312 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781399063814 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
940.544941940.544 SWEE
Language:
English
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BRN:
2347952
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