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Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid, [1] [2] was an attack on German dams carried out on the night of 16/17 May 1943 by 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, later called the Dam Busters, using special "bouncing bombs" developed by Barnes Wallis.
The Dam Busters is a combat flight simulation game set in World War II and published by U.S. Gold. It was released in 1984 for ColecoVision and Commodore 64; in 1985 for Apple II, MS-DOS, MSX, and ZX Spectrum; then in 1986 for the Amstrad CPC and NEC PC-9801. It is loosely based on Operation Chastise and the 1955 film.
The Dam Busters, a 1984 video game loosely based on Operation Chastise "Dambusters", a 2011 episode of Ice Pilots NWT Season 3 about recreating Operation Chastise; VFA-195 (U.S. Navy), a United States Navy fighter squadron; A name for people who work in dam removal; One of the 52 games in Action 52; Dambuster Studios, a game development company
Douglas was front gunner with the crew of the Avro Lancaster AJ'O' for Orange, [1] piloted by William Townsend, which took part in the Dam Busters Raid. Webb was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal for his part in the operation. Five of the crew were also given medals, making them the second most decorated Dams Raid crew after Guy Gibson's ...
In the 1955 film The Dam Busters, Maltby was played by George Baker. Baker stated in an interview that he was chosen for the part due to his physical similarity to Maltby. [19] The detailed story of Maltby and his crew is documented in the book Breaking the Dams: The Story of Dambuster David Maltby and His Crew written by Charles Foster. [6]
The dam was difficult to find and there was early morning mist starting to gather over the water. Shannon arrived too far west and found the Rehbuch dam. Gibson's aircraft fired red Very lights to help him find the others. Although the dam's defences consisted of only two sentries with rifles, it was still a difficult target owing to the approach.
Squadron Leader George Leonard Johnson MBE DFM (25 November 1921 − 7 December 2022), better known as Johnny Johnson, was a British Royal Air Force officer who was the last surviving original member of No. 617 Squadron RAF and of Operation Chastise, the "Dambusters" raid of 1943.
He was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in 1943 for service with No. 97 Squadron RAF, a Distinguished Service Order in the same year for the dams raid, and a Bar to the DFC in 1944. Flight Lieutenant Joe McCarthy (fourth from left) with his crew from Lancaster ED825 'AJ-T' at RAF Scampton, 22 July 1943.