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Barnes Wallis - Dambusters Revealed

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Published on 16 Nov 2022 / In Film & Animation

Documentary uncovering the history behind Operation Chastise, an attack on German dams carried out on 16–17 May 1943 by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron, subsequently publicised as the "Dam Busters", using a specially developed "bouncing bomb" invented and developed by Sir Barnes Wallis. The Möhne and Eder Dams were breached, causing catastrophic flooding of the Ruhr valley and of the surrounding villages.

To learn more about the life and work of Barnes Wallis and the Bouncing Bomb, please visit http://www.barneswallisfoundation.org

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mrghoster 2 years ago

Great stuff. I actually (without a word of a lie) Met Barnes Wallis. He came to our school in 1965/6 to give out prizes at the Prize giving day. I was only about 9 years old, but I remember him well as he handed over a book to me and shook my hand. A very tall willowie Man in a light grey suit with a mop of almost pure white hair. I was only short as I still am and he had to bend down to shake my hand. most of our Sciool governers were associated mainly with the RAF and Mr Hilary the chief governor knew everyone! lol! In my nine years at the school for the patially sighted I met a few Celebs as they call them now. Met Douglas Barder, remember him as a bit grumpy, but I guess I'm not surprised. I met Ralph Reeder and Arnold Ridley, via Scouting connections they did the Gang Shows for the Scout Movement, Arnold ridley is probablt best remembered for Mr Godfrey in Dad's Army. And an Author, John Wyndom I think? It was thew guy who wrote " The Midwich Cuckoo anyway? I don't think many if we make it that far as humans will have memories like that which connect generations.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Bader ---- In August 1941, Bader baled out over German-occupied France and was captured. Soon afterward, he met and was befriended by Adolf Galland, a prominent German fighter ace.[4] Despite his disability, Bader made a number of escape attempts and was eventually sent to the prisoner of war camp at Colditz Castle. He remained there until April 1945 when the camp was liberated by the First United States Army. ---- One of my first tradesmen, was a guy called Josef Lundthorp (many ways to spell the aglicised version of a post WW2 German name) his squadron leader in the BF 109's was Adolf Galland..... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049665/ ----- Movies up.

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