Dambusters' place in history
Published Date:
11 April 2008
Derbyshire's dams earned a place in history when the famous Dambusters practised flying low over water in the Peaks.
That was back in 1943 prior to 617 Squadron's attack with the bouncing bombs – invented by Ripley-born Barnes Wallis — on dams in Germany's Ruhr Valley during the Second World War.
And special anniversary flights by a single Lancaster bomber over the Derwent dam have proved big crowd pullers as can be seen from the picture above taken in 1993
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Last Updated:
19 May 2008 10:50 AM
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