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On the 16th May 1943, 19 Lancaster bombers form 617 Squadron RAF set out on one of the most daring bombing raids of WW2.
Led by 24-year-old Wing Commander Guy Gibson, their mission waste destroy 3 dams in there industrial heartland of Germany.
Immortalised in the 1955 film, starring Richard Todd;
This is the story of the Dam Busters.
Listen to the D-Day story of actor, Richard Todd.
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On the 16th May 1943, 19 Lancaster bombers form 617 Squadron RAF set out on one of the most daring bombing raids of WW2.
Led by 24-year-old Wing Commander Guy Gibson, their mission waste destroy 3 dams in there industrial heartland of Germany.
Immortalised in the 1955 film, starring Richard Todd;
This is the story of the Dam Busters.
Listen to the D-Day story of actor, Richard Todd.
Support the show
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