Long post but persevere please! Couple of errors in the original posting. The UPKEEP bomb was supposed to strike the the dam wall at the surface and then sink, with the residual backspin making it 'crawl' down and 'stick' to the wall face, where it was detonated at 30' by a hydrostatic fuse. Gibson was probably the least trained pilot on the sqn, being distracted of course by his other responsibilities of forming the the sqn, developing the tactics, working with various elements to sort the delivery of UPKEEP, not least of which was with Barnes Wallis himself. Gibson's UPKEEP detonated about 50 mtrs short of the dam and slightly left of line. Second in was John Hopgood. Badly hit as he made his attack run the bomb aimer (Fraser) was about to call 'dummy run' as he couldn't get the parameters right for releasing the weapon, when he realised that 'all was not well' and basically jettisoned the UPKEEP to get rid of the weight (and explosive!). The UPKEEP bounced once, flew over the dam wall and struck the power station on the dry side. The self destruct fuse detonated 90 seconds later and destroyed the power station and also unseated the 20mm gun mounted atop the south tower, rendering it US. Third in was Mickey Martin whose bomb had been accidentally dropped onto it's hardstanding back Scampton after being loaded. It may, therefore have been out of balance. Also at the point of release Martin's aircraft was hit in the wing, so the wings may not have exactly level at that point. The result was that Martin's UPKEEP described a locus on hitting the water and ended up up the creek on the southside of the dam and achieved nothing when it detonated. (the crater is very clear on the post raid photographs). Fourth in was Melvyn (Dinghy) Young who delivered an accurate attack, exactly as required by Barnes Wallis. His UPKEEP detonated in exactly the right place and cracked the dam, causing a small breach - this was not seen by Gibson or the other crews because of the increasing amount of mist forming in the vicinity of the dam. Fifth in was David Maltby who also ran a perfect attack run and saw Young's small breach at the last second and 'altered course very slightly' and released his UPKEEP perfectly too; this weapon also caused a small breach. The weight of water then did what Wallis expected and collapsed the weakened section of wall between the 2 breaches. The foregoing shows that Wallis was absolutely correct - the first UPKEEP delivered precisely was sufficient to break the dam wall - the previous 3 attempts having been outside of the necessary accuracy parameters.
The worst thing that happened as a result of the successful missions was that the flooding of the industrial factories making bearings for the German War effort also killed thousand of forced labourers taken from the concentration camps. The raid slowed German production and it helped end the war, but there was a cost in innocent lives that cannot be ignored.
Dumbass. When allied bombers took out facilities for war same thing happened. It's war. When Germany bombed London do you think they only killed cats. It's war. Shit happens
Perhaps someone should advise them that doubling its Army by 2035 might be too late...... However, being a member of NATO means Poland has plenty of Allies in its corner, just as Ukraine, a non-NATO member found.
It was needed to bomb german hydro electric plants and all german industry cause germany will not stop conquering all their enemy countries cause the german leadership thinks that they are the superior race.p, but in the end, they were wrong.
@@9Curtana I think you may have misunderstood my comment that was originally addressed to Michael Pielorz, not yourself. When originally posted it was addressed to him and I can now see why you may have misinterpreted the comment as his address has disappeared.
Long post but persevere please!
Couple of errors in the original posting. The UPKEEP bomb was supposed to strike the the dam wall at the surface and then sink, with the residual backspin making it 'crawl' down and 'stick' to the wall face, where it was detonated at 30' by a hydrostatic fuse.
Gibson was probably the least trained pilot on the sqn, being distracted of course by his other responsibilities of forming the the sqn, developing the tactics, working with various elements to sort the delivery of UPKEEP, not least of which was with Barnes Wallis himself. Gibson's UPKEEP detonated about 50 mtrs short of the dam and slightly left of line.
Second in was John Hopgood. Badly hit as he made his attack run the bomb aimer (Fraser) was about to call 'dummy run' as he couldn't get the parameters right for releasing the weapon, when he realised that 'all was not well' and basically jettisoned the UPKEEP to get rid of the weight (and explosive!). The UPKEEP bounced once, flew over the dam wall and struck the power station on the dry side. The self destruct fuse detonated 90 seconds later and destroyed the power station and also unseated the 20mm gun mounted atop the south tower, rendering it US.
Third in was Mickey Martin whose bomb had been accidentally dropped onto it's hardstanding back Scampton after being loaded. It may, therefore have been out of balance. Also at the point of release Martin's aircraft was hit in the wing, so the wings may not have exactly level at that point. The result was that Martin's UPKEEP described a locus on hitting the water and ended up up the creek on the southside of the dam and achieved nothing when it detonated. (the crater is very clear on the post raid photographs).
Fourth in was Melvyn (Dinghy) Young who delivered an accurate attack, exactly as required by Barnes Wallis. His UPKEEP detonated in exactly the right place and cracked the dam, causing a small breach - this was not seen by Gibson or the other crews because of the increasing amount of mist forming in the vicinity of the dam.
Fifth in was David Maltby who also ran a perfect attack run and saw Young's small breach at the last second and 'altered course very slightly' and released his UPKEEP perfectly too; this weapon also caused a small breach. The weight of water then did what Wallis expected and collapsed the weakened section of wall between the 2 breaches.
The foregoing shows that Wallis was absolutely correct - the first UPKEEP delivered precisely was sufficient to break the dam wall - the previous 3 attempts having been outside of the necessary accuracy parameters.
Awesome content, this channel should be more famous
What a beautiful aeroplane was the Lancaster.
The worst thing that happened as a result of the successful missions was that the flooding of the industrial factories making bearings for the German War effort also killed thousand of forced labourers taken from the concentration camps. The raid slowed German production and it helped end the war, but there was a cost in innocent lives that cannot be ignored.
How could it be avoided! Sad? By all means!! But HITLER was out of control no? 🤔🤔🤔
Dumbass. When allied bombers took out facilities for war same thing happened. It's war. When Germany bombed London do you think they only killed cats. It's war. Shit happens
Not "lucky" the dams were designed well ...
Guy Gibson was a Squadron Leader .
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Please see bomber command memorial in park lane London lots of data on same to give more accurate comments perhaps
Shouldn't that be the, "troops of the 'Axis allies' occupied most of Europe". Germany had allies they deserve condemnation too.
Perhaps someone should advise them that doubling its Army by 2035 might be too late...... However, being a member of NATO means Poland has plenty of Allies in its corner, just as Ukraine, a non-NATO member found.
They were 617 squadron, formed for this mission but didn’t get the nickname of “The Dambusters” after the raid. Very good video but poor narration
Sorry for the POW who died but they were working for the Nazis at the time.
Against their will ...
@@alazyfrog5969 Agreed but, if they were producing bullets, you were just as dead if one of them hit you.
Another robot voice over ! Great content awful narration
The Attack nearlycaused more damage to the RAF than to the german industry. so sad you can not tell the truth.
It was needed to bomb german hydro electric plants and all german industry cause germany will not stop conquering all their enemy countries cause the german leadership thinks that they are the superior race.p, but in the end, they were wrong.
I realise that about 55 RAF personnel died in the raid but they certainly hurt Germany much more by their efforts.
Explain further this, rather curious - if not bizarre, comment, please?
@@concise707 Sorry. I tried to reply twice but could not get it to send.
@@9Curtana I think you may have misunderstood my comment that was originally addressed to Michael Pielorz, not yourself. When originally posted it was addressed to him and I can now see why you may have misinterpreted the comment as his address has disappeared.