70th Anniversary of World War II "Dambusters" mission

[leesonic]

OK, so it's a day late, but I only just saw this.

May 16th marks the 70th anniversay of Operation Chastise, more commonly know as the "Dambusters". On this night, a bunch of brave men took off with the mission to destroy dams deep in the heart of Germany, in the hope of crippling the Nazi war machine. Rather than me tell the story, here are some links :

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/daring-dambuster-wwii-mission-remembered-vintage-flight-164910484.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2326119/How-Dambusters-saw-Lancasters-board-camera-captures-aerial-gunners-view-Derwent-Valley-flypast-mark-70th-anniversary-daring-raid.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise

Lee.

 

[Yamaki]

A very interesting chapter in the annals of World War II that not many people were aware of.

Skip bombing was a technique used to destroy dams that provided power to heavy water plants operated by Germany as part of their atomic research program.