One of the reservoirs was the Derwent reservoir in the Peak District. There may have been more. Bala Lake in Wales was also used. They photographed most if not all lakes in the UK as part of their selection of practise sites.
15.5.1943
Commonly known as the Dam Busters. I was with them in the fifties as electrical fitter working on Avro Lincolns and Canberra's. We also did a six month stint in Malaya. Ken
he was a part of the 617 squadron, the "Dambusters", but he did not go busting: that was before he joined them. read " The Dam Busters" by Paul Brickhill. It's a good book and he (Chesire) is in the book lots
They bombed the dams on the Ruhr river because they wanted to flood Germany's industrial factories and prevent the Germans from building equipment to fight the war. The floods only slowed down Germany for a short time, and the dams were rebuilt, and well protected against a second air attack.
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The Dam Busters' Squadron was no. 617.
The Dam Busters - video game - happened in 9801.
The Dam Busters - video game - was created in 1984.
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617 Squadron
No. 617 Squadron RAF .
Guy Gibson.
No -- the answer you seek is 'dam busters'.
Guy Gibson .
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The Dam Busters film was originally released in the United States on July 16th in 1955. The film was released months earlier in the UK, on the date May 24th.
The Dam Busters.