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	::The Dambusters::
		The Dambusters have been immortalised in World War Two folklore as a result of their attack on the dams of the Ruhr.
		As part of the Allies bombing campaign against Germany during the war, the Dambusters wa an elite Lancaster bomber unit and the raid was led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC.
		How much impact the Dambusters raid had is still debated but what cannot be denied is the bravery of the men involved in the raid and the unique contribution made by Dr.Barnes Wallis who developed the unique bouncing bomb that was used on the raid.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /dambusters.htm (1534 words)

	Dambusters
		Dambusters, 617 Squadron, is though probably the best known of all the Bomber Command squadrons, because of its daring bombing raid in Germany where it destroyed dams in the Ruhr Valley using the revolutionary bouncing bomb invented by Barnes Wallis.
		After the Dambusters raid, no similar raid was mounted as it had proved to be too expensive in both men and aircraft lost.
		To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Dambusters raid, a Lancaster from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flew around the country visiting all the sites associated with the Dambusters.
	home.clara.net /heureka/lincolnshire/dambusters.htm (2130 words)

	Dambusters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		That operation "Chastise" has since become a legend in the annals of military history and it possess all the traditionally admired military attributes of originality, surprise and heroism coupled with a very dramatic outcome.
		Normal reactions to events judged sitting in the arm chair by the fire side are not the same as those as when ones life and existance is tangibly at risk.
		This website is a tribute to the personnel of and people associated 617 Squadron, "The Dambusters" primarily during the war years.
	www.dambusters.org.uk (349 words)

	The Dambusters: Inhoud / Dambusters March
		He wrote only a few film scores, and The Dambusters of 1954 is both the finest and the most famous.
		The "Dambusters" story of the bouncing bomb was very British and patriotic, and Coates was well-known for his marches.
		The march lying on Coates desk was therefore named "The Dambusters March", and Leighton Lucas was hired to weave this into the film's score.
	dambusters.be /web/content.php?content.76 (899 words)

	Dambusters - Watch this action packed movies and refresh your memories of Dambusters Raids in 1943 by RAF pilots.
		Dambusters - Watch this action packed movies and refresh your memories of Dambusters Raids in 1943 by RAF pilots.
		Watch this action packed movies and refresh your memories of Dambusters Raids in 1943 by RAF pilots.
		The movie describes "Operation Chastise", by RAF pilots who begin with a great formation and after destroying the enemies, they made a challenging but successful landing at their base.
	dambusters.freeonlinegames.com (86 words)

	617 Dambusters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		ALTHOUGH the war finished in 1945, this was not the end of the Derwent Valley's association with The Dambusters.
		But it was the 1954 filming of 'The Dambusters' - starring Richard Todd as Guy Gibson and featuring the stirring theme tune composed by Eric Coates - that really brought back memories for local people.
		Silent Valley at War (Vic Hallam) tells the story of the raid that created The Dambusters and of the last years of Ashopton and Derwent, now lost beneath the waters of the Ladybower.
	www.sykesssillysite.co.uk /617_dambusters_p15.htm (1184 words)

	Dambusters
		Eight RAF graduates were put through their paces to see if the modern day crew could match the bravery and skill of those who flew in 1943.
		The team at Southampton University were approached by the makers of the documentary to build a unique, full-size, seven-crew Lancaster flight simulator that could be used to recreate a host of missions.
		The overall effect was utterly convincing as the aircrew took to the virtual skies for a solid week of flying, from aircraft orientation and training, to the final Dambusters mission over the Ruhr valley.
	www.soton.ac.uk /~ktakeda/flightsim/dambusters.htm (573 words)

	Dambusters Raid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Barnes Wallis advised the Royal Air Force to use the new bouncing bomb he had been developing at the National Physics Laboratory in Teddington.
		Gibson was selected to carry out the highly dangerous Dambusters Raid.
		However, to use the bouncing bomb, the pilots had to fly very low and 45 per cent of the planes used in the Dambusters Raid were brought down by German anti-aircraft guns.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /AVdambusters.htm (229 words)

	Peter Jackson to Produce Dambusters - ComingSoon.net (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-3.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Production will soon begin on Dambusters, an inspirational story of heroism and one of the most daring missions in aeronautic military history, it was announced today by Universal Pictures and StudioCanal.
		A Universal Pictures presentation in association with StudioCanal, Dambusters chronicles the story of Operation Chastise, a top-secret Royal Air Force bombing mission designed to strike a decisive blow against the seemingly invincible Nazi war machine at the height of its aggression.
		In March 1943, a group of airmen drawn from across the ranks of the RAF were assembled and trained for an unprecedented and potentially deadly assignment whose complete nature was not revealed to them.
	www.comingsoon.net.cob-web.org:8888 /news/movienews.php?id=16295 (642 words)

	Just Flight Host
		Their latest release "The Dambusters" depicts the 617 Squadron of RAF's Bomber Command who found fame with its daring raids carried out during WWII, notably the raid on the German dams.
		The event was spread over the evening 3rd September and most of the day on the 4th Sept. The JustFlight crew could not have picked a more suitable venue to hold this event.
		The Dambusters movie was playing in the corner of the room which added to the atmosphere.
	www.avsim.com /pages/0902/dambusters/jf_bbmf.htm (1713 words)

	The Dambusters
		This bone china plate is the fourth in The Dambusters series. It depicts three Lancaster bombers from 617 Squadron encountering flak,; as the enemy guns opened fire.
		This bone china plate is the fifth in The Dambusters series. It depicts a Lancaster bomber from 617 Squadron encountering flak from enemy guns after his bomb had been released in the attack on the Mohne dam.;
		This bone china plate is the sixth in The Dambusters series. It depicts three Lancaster bombers from 617 Squadron having breached the Mohne dam.;
	www.castle-bryher.co.uk /acatalog/Ceramics_The_Dambusters_138.html (542 words)

	Shop A&E and The History Channel : The Dambusters DVD
		Rather than plummeting thousands of feet to their targets, they were dropped from extremely low altitudes over water, and instead of submerging they would bounce across the surface like a skipping stone before striking their targets-- German Ruhr river dams that were critical to the Nazi war industry.
		THE DAMBUSTERS relives the daring mission flown by the men of the 617 squadron, who set off on the night of May 16, 1943.
		Of the 19 Lancaster bombers that departed, 8 never returned, victims of the heavy flak fire, the near-total darkness and the requirement that their payload be released at the near-suicidal height of 60 feet.
	store.aetv.com /html/product/index.jhtml?id=73238 (254 words)

	Were The Dambusters Successful
		The success of the operation will be determined by weighing the negative results of the raid against the positive ones.
		The squadron number assigned to the group was 617, but they soon became better known as The Dambusters.
		These results are what lead to the raid later becoming known as 'one of the most celebrated attacks of the Second World War'.
	www.lancastermuseum.ca /s,dambustersstudy.html (2103 words)

	Barford Community Website
		He was the youngest Squadron Leader in the Dambusters.
		A lady in the village remembers, as a young girl, going to pick wild flowers with him, his elder sister and nanny.
		The code-named "Operation Chastise", as the Dambuster's Raid is known, gave a real boost to civilian and service personnel in the dark days of 1943.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~kroberts/barford/html/dambusters.html (1703 words)

	Channel 4 - History - The Dambusters
		To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1943 raid, a young RAF crew is taken through training for the original mission and attempts to fly it using the most up-to-the-minute aircraft simulator.
		These were among the headlines that greeted the news that Lancasters from 617 Squadron had demolished two enormous German dams during the night of 16/17 May 1943.
		The actor will talk about the amazing new 'bouncing bomb', the reasons for the mission, the dangers and difficulties involved and what conditions were like for the crew.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/H/history/c-d/dambusters.html (1452 words)

	frugal's world of simulations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On March 21, a special squadron was formed to take this particular weapon into action; based at Scampton it was given the number 6l7, under the command of Wg Cdr Guy Gibson.
		When running the Dambusters you are given the options are broken into 2 sections.
		All of the raids on the Dams were flown at night and so Just Flight included the alternate times to allow you to fly the raids in the day time in order to enjoy the aircraft and terrain.
	www.frugalsworld.com /reviews/dambusters.shtml (1392 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Speculation over a possible Dambusters remake was initially sparked in May, when Jackson reportedly spent a day filming one of the last surviving Lancaster bombers that took part in...
		The Dambusters 617 Squadron was formed in 1943 after warplane designer Barnes Wallis developed the bouncing bomb.
		THE commanding officer of the RAF’s Dambusters spoke yesterday of his pride when his pilots were given the honour of leading the aerial bombardment against Saddam Hussein - on the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Second World War bomber squadron.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=dambusters (1197 words)

	The Dambusters; 617 Squadron RAF but Australia was there
		The Dambusters; 617 Squadron RAF but Australia was there
		Very few exploits of WW2 involve as much admiration as the raid on the German dams of the Ruhr valley.
		Royal Australian airman flying, 22 year old 407729 Flight Lieutenant David John Shannon DSO and Bar DFC and Bar, of Bridgewater, SA, member of the Dambusters, was one of nineteen Australian airmen who attended Buckingham Palace for an investiture.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-air-support/ww2-allied/dambusters.htm (1252 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Anniversary tribute to Dambusters
		The inventor of World War II's bouncing bomb was honoured on Saturday - the 60th anniversary of the Dambusters raid.
		The raid was deemed a success as the destruction of the Mohne and Eder dams caused widespread flooding and disruption of rail, road and canal communications.
		A Ministry of Defence official said of the Dambusters raid and the memorial flight: "This is a fitting tribute to the sacrifices made by these men on behalf of their country.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/3036315.stm (457 words)

	Dambusters: About...
		More recently we have been taking up the Dambusters skill of low-level, and map-based navigation to increase the level of realism experienced by our fliers online.
		Formed on 21 March 1943, No. 617 Squadron was created specifically to carry out one highly specialised mission - the famous 'Dambusters' attack on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams in Germany.
		Equipped with specially converted Lancaster bombers, each capable of carrying one of Barnes Wallis's 'bouncing bombs', the Squadron made it's successful and historic attack on 16 May the same year.
	www.kfs.org /oliver/dambusters/squadron.html (465 words)

	Dambusters Raid
		Barnes Wallis advised the Royal Air Force to use the new bouncing bomb he had been developing at the National Physics Laboratory
		However, to use the bouncing bomb, the pilots had to fly very low and 45 per cent of the planes used in the Dambusters Raid were brought down by German
		The RAF could not sustain such high losses and the bouncing bomb was rarely used again during the war.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWdambusters.htm (1753 words)

	Dambusters Inn scampton lincoln lincolnshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		There was never a pub in Scampton (no, not even during World War II) until the intrepid, Mike and Amanda (together with their son, Richard) built this one as a living tribute to the legendary 'Dambusters' of the Royal Air Force.
		pull the First Three Pints of English ale to celebrate the opening of The Dambusters Inn on 17th of July 1999.
		George Chalmers D.F.C., D.F.M. Ray Grayson and Edward Johnson D.F.C. The Dambusters Inn, 23, High Street, Scampton, LINCOLN.
	www.dambustersinn.co.uk /index.html (202 words)

	eBay.co.uk - Dambusters, dambuster, 617 squadron, Autographs items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		DAMBUSTERS FDC - Very Rare signed by 3 veterans
		THE DAMBUSTERS RAID BY JOHN SWEETMAN / WWII
		The Dambusters - WW2 Bouncing Bomb Raid NEW DVD H4000
	search.ebay.co.uk /Dambusters_W0QQftsZ0QQsascsZ2 (321 words)

	Dambusters raid, RAF 617 Squadron & bouncing bomb - RAF Museum
		Dambusters raid, RAF 617 Squadron & bouncing bomb - RAF Museum
		17 May 2003 was the 60th anniversary of the 'Dambusters' Raid,
		To commemorate the 60th Anniversary, the RAF Museum has specially commissioned a book, documentary DVD, Video and interactive CD-ROM.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /london/exhibitions/dambusters/index.cfm (84 words)

	BBC - Lincolnshire People - Dambusters - Get on board the bomber
		To mark the 60th anniversary of the famous Dambusters raids on the Ruhr Valley in Germany we are taking you on a tour of one of the surviving Lancaster Bombers.
		BBC Bradford and West Yorkshire - Tribute to the Dambusters
		Virtual tours and places which shape the identity of the county
	www.bbc.co.uk /lincolnshire/asop/people/dambusters/lancaster_tour.shtml (378 words)

	Operation Chastise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Site with details of the raids, full crew listing, links to present day 617 Sqn and much more
		Online Dambusters exhibition at the UK National Archives
		Dambuster and Guy Gibson website in Dutch /
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Chastise (2613 words)

	BBC - Legacies - Myths and Legends - England - Lincolnshire - Home of the Dambusters - Article Page 1 (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		What is the link between Lincolnshire, an English county devoid of any dams or reservoirs and the Ruhr valley in Germany, an area noted for such structures?
		In 1943, Lincolnshire provided a temporary home for 617 Squadron, or the Dambusters, as they would eventually became known.
		As well as providing a temporary home, in the form of RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire was also home to a member of the squadron, Sergeant George Leonard Johnson.
	www.bbc.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /legacies/myths_legends/england/lincolnshire/article_1.shtml (356 words)

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