A deteriorating pier significant to the Dambusters raid during the Second World War has received a £10 million lifeline from the National Lottery. Birnbeck Pier will be “brought back from the brink of ...
The world’s most expensive marbles used to plan the Dambusters raid have sold for $19,748. Bouncing-bomb creator Barnes Wallis used the two glass balls in his back garden to calculate trajectory.
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Own a piece of military and cinematic history as the binoculars of Sir Barnes Wallace - inventor of the Dambusters' bouncing bomb - go to auction
Binoculars that Sir Barnes Wallis used in 1943 when he was leading experiments to design the bouncing bomb, which was instrumental in the success of the Dambusters’ wartime raid on Germany, are going ...
The May 1943 secret operation by Britain's Bomber Command to destroy several German dams located in its industrial heartland, ...
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It's three-quarters of a century since 617 Squadron flew off to break open major German dams in a mission to hit Nazi Germany's war production. Commanding officer of 617 squadron, Wing Commander John ...
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