The Men Who Breached the Dams
Posted on Thursday 9th May 2013



(Karl Schutte, SS Flak Unit)









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Dambusters
(Commemorative magazine)
ISBN: 9781783400133
Only £6.00 RRP £6.99
The mission became popularly known as the Dambusters raid, and was immortalised in a 1954 war film. It was one of the most famous air operations of World War II.
Casualties for the raid were high. Eight of the original 19 Lancaster bombers were damaged or shot down, and of the 133 aircrew, 53 were killed and three captured.
On the ground, too, almost 1,300 people were killed, including 749 Ukrainian prisoners of war based in a camp just below the Eder dam.
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