Operation Chastise

When

16 May 1943 – 17 May 1943

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

51.22° N, 8.25° E

Description

1943 attack on German dams by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron

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1943 attack on German dams by Royal Air Force

Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid, 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.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Operation Chastise (the 'Dambuster Raid') takes place: No. 617 Squadron RAF use bouncing bombs to breach German dams in the Ruhr Valley”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Als Operation Chastise führt die britische Royal Air Force einen Angriff auf deutsche Talsperren im Sauerland und in Hessen durch”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “opération Chastise ; bombardement des barrages allemands sur la Möhne et l’Eder dans la Ruhr”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Операция "Частайз"”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page