On This Day, 65 years ago..

This isn't the thread to discuss the moral and material implacations of this raid.

This is a thread to salute the bravery and skill of the aircrew and engineers.
 
i went to chatsworth to catch them on there way back.

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Fantastic stuff. Great pics as well.

One of my favourite sounds in the world is the lancaster or spitfire engines roaring.
 
Evangelion said:
Their aim was to destroy the dams and cut off Germany's hydroelectric power, thereby shutting down production in the nearby factories. Their aim was not to kill Britain's allies.
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And as such was collateral damage, which took out manufacturing plants that where helping the war effort.

You have to realise. That was is not nice, it can be lead with morales and collateral damage will happen and is nescacerry. you really need to have a rethink of how wars work as you clearly have no idea.

If you don't like the nuke example how about a bunch of POW working in a plant manufacturing bullets. Which are then shipped to the front lines to kill our soldiers?
Do you kill the 200 in the factory, or let the bullets kill thousands?

Evangelion said:
The war was not won by killing German and allied civilians.
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of course it was it's the civilians who manufacture all the equipment it's also the civilians who turn into soldiers. In a world war military and civilians can not be distinguished between.
 
Great British ingenuity and a very proud moment for Britain to achieve the technical ability to attack such targets and for the brave souls that few deep into enemy land on what they must have known for most of them would be a one way trip.

I salute all that fought for a our freedom.
 
Bit of a thread revival. What looks to be an awesome show is on Monday.

Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb(History Documentary,2011)
Channel 4
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
8:00pm to 10:00pm(Other show times...)


In 1939, a visionary aircraft designer called Barnes Wallis had an idea. He would design a very special bomb that would bounce across water and destroy German dams. The raid in 1943 was a success and a 1950s feature film carried the the Dambusters story into British legend. The science behind the bouncing bomb is highly complex, and many of Barnes Wallis's vital working calculations have been lost. Cambridge engineer Dr Hugh Hunt sets out in an to attempt to solve this scientific puzzle. Starting from scratch, he rediscovers the brilliance of Wallis's achievement when he tries to hit a dam with a bouncing bomb. It is the first time this has been attempted since the war. Hugh will be assisted by dam engineers, explosives experts, mechanics and pilots who specialise in low altitude flying. A vintage Second World War aircraft is modified to carry a bomb the size of an oil drum.
Editor's Choice, Subtitles
Keywords: Documentary, Historical, 4 Star
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The Lancaster was a strangely beautiful machine - and my first Airfix as a wee nipper! Kudos to our grandfathers and greatfathers.
 
Halfmad said:
It makes me so angry that my fellow Scots are talking about independence when we're part of one of the greatest countries in history :mad:

Brave souls all!
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/Agree, when will the English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish all get it into their thick skulls that we will all be better as one big family? We're all tiny countries anyway for crying out loud. Our diversities should be celebrated!
 
Random trivia....The "Trench Run" scene in Star Wars is lifted right off the Dambusters film. Even some of the dialogue. The parts where they are running into the release point and tracer is flashing past them, and the part where they are discussing how many guns are in the fields.
 
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