Stock Photo - Article from The Daily Telegraph of May 18, 1943 reporting on Operation Chastise, an attack on German dams carried out on 16-17 May 1943 by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron, subsequently known as the Dam Busters, using a purpose-built ""bouncing bomb"" . The Möhne and Edersee Dams were breached, causing catastrophic flooding of the Ruhr valley and of villages in the Eder valley in Germany.

Stock Photo: Article from The Daily Telegraph of May 18, 1943 reporting on Operation Chastise, an attack on German dams carried out on 16-17 May 1943 by Royal Air Force No.

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