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To: AFreeBird

Did you mean 617, or is this something new to me? 617 hit the three dams in the Ruhr Valley with Barnes Wallis’ goodies. Good observation though, I hadn’t thought of it.


27 posted on 03/08/2017 10:29:03 AM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Riley

Well, there was an old (B&W) movie called 633 Squadron. I think it was named after a real squadron. They had to fly a canyon to drop bombs under a cliff overhang to cause it to fall and block the opening to an underground NAZI weapons complex. The bombs had to hit just right. And of course there was ack ack guns lining the canyon.

Lucas just modernized it and set it in space.


36 posted on 03/08/2017 12:58:25 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: Riley

https://youtu.be/4OZq-tlJTrU


37 posted on 03/08/2017 1:10:09 PM PST by AFreeBird
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