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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.
Boulder Dam.