Operation Chastise

Quand

16 mai 1943 – 17 mai 1943

Type

Opération militaire

Coordonnées

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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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « 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 4.0Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « Als Operation Chastise führt die britische Royal Air Force einen Angriff auf deutsche Talsperren im Sauerland und in Hessen durch »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « opération Chastise ; bombardement des barrages allemands sur la Möhne et l’Eder dans la Ruhr »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « Операция "Частайз" »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source