Posted on 05/01/2011 6:24:44 PM PDT by nuconvert
A team of engineers has managed to recreate one of the greatest wartime raids in history – with a little help from a cricket bowling machine.
The bouncing bomb developed by scientist Barnes Wallis was used to breach key German dams in 1943, cutting off hydro-electric power and wrecking factories.
The raid was the subject of Paul Brickhill’s 1951 book The Dambusters and the 1954 movie of the same name. But the science behind the successful operation, including the original calculations and designs, was lost in a flood in the 1960s.
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Chippy Ho! ... I was in the USNavy squadron VFA-195 Dambusters.
Interesting. I had no clue the original plans for how to do it were lost. The Dambusters story was one of my Dad’s favorites that he would tell me about.
Cue the theme music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All time great movie -
One way or the other - I like Dambusters theme better!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NMfBKrdErY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q47GIgmQWo&feature=related
I have the unedited version of the film. The one with the black dog’s name not edited out...
I have the unedited version of the film. The one with the black dog’s name not edited out...
The orcs probably could have used this technology at the Battle of Helm’s Deep.
That was the name of one of the operations too.
Somewhere or another I read an excellent book about Barnes Wallis and his work, including the Dambusters and the Earthquake bombs. Quite an engineer! His use of intersecting landing light beams to determine exact height above the water was especially ingenious!
After the war, one of the Dambusters crew, IIRC, started a restaurant/club at Wilson airport in Nairobi called, naturally, “Dambusters”. Back in 1979 through 82 I used to have lunch there frequently, and always ended up studying the model Lancaster with Barnes Wallis’ bouncing bomb slung beneath.
Ain't irony wonderful?
Black Ops?
You could say, I guess. LOL
Hilarious!
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