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Dam Busters Manual: A guide to the weapons technology used against the dams and special targets of Nazi-occupied Europe - Hardcover

Murray, Dr Iain

 
9780857330154: Dam Busters Manual: A guide to the weapons technology used against the dams and special targets of Nazi-occupied Europe

Synopsis

The famous dams raid in May 1943 was made possible only by the fusion of cutting-edge technology with the raw courage of a hand-picked squadron of RAF airmen. The incredible bouncing bomb, used to devastating effect by 617 Squadron on the Ruhr dams, was the vanguard of a whole train of technical developments that made this and other precision raids possible. Using the Haynes Manual approach, Iain Murray describes the technology behind the bouncing bomb as well as the heavily modified Lancasters that were used to deliver the weapons.

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About the Author

Dr Iain Murray is a lecturer at the University of Dundee. He is the author of Bouncing Bomb Man (Haynes 2009) and was a consultant for the ITV drama series Foyle’s War, which featured an episode about the bouncing bomb. He lives in Dundee.

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