The dambuster raids [ie dambusters raid] [videorecording] : the true story.
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FilmPublisher number: CME0782 | Shock Entertainment Group.Publication details: [Australia] : Shock Entertainment Group [distributor], c2006Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (55 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 inOther title: Dambusters raidSubject(s): Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 617 | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Germany | World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, BritishGenre/Form: DVDs. Production credits: Written and produced by Wiliam Woollard.Summary: On the Night of May 16-17 1943, Lancasters of 617 Squadron, using bouncing bombs devised by Barnes Wallis, destroyed the Mohne and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley. It was one of the most brilliant feats of bombing ever achieved. The special bombs had to be dropped from an altitude of precisely sixty feet with no margin for error - all the while under fire. The dambusters raid, as it has since become known, was also one of the most dangerous missions of the war and only 8 of the 19 bombers returned.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- audio | Wundowie | 940.5449 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111029797162 |
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Shock Entertainment Group: CME0782.
Written and produced by Wiliam Woollard.
On the Night of May 16-17 1943, Lancasters of 617 Squadron, using bouncing bombs devised by Barnes Wallis, destroyed the Mohne and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley. It was one of the most brilliant feats of bombing ever achieved. The special bombs had to be dropped from an altitude of precisely sixty feet with no margin for error - all the while under fire. The dambusters raid, as it has since become known, was also one of the most dangerous missions of the war and only 8 of the 19 bombers returned.
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